Corpus Christi Sun

There were 22 Black students enrolled in Jim Wells County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 15.4% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Jim Wells County welcomed 6,965 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Jim Wells County, Alice High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 11 students.

Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Alice High School	0.8	1,295
Adams Middle School	0.5	1,014
Orange Grove High School	0.4	556
Noonan Elementary School	0	536
Schallert Elementary School	0.2	524
Saenz Elementary School	0	502
Orange Grove Primary School	0	448
Orange Grove Junior High School	0	402
Premont Ernest High Singleton Early College Academy	0.5	393
Orange Grove Elementary School	0	367
Premont Collegiate High School	0.3	337
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School	0	262
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School	0	235
La Gloria Elementary School	0	94