Tyler Reporter

There were 198 white students enrolled in Wells ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Wells ISD schools welcomed 258 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 76.7% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Wells ISD roughly covers schools within Cherokee County and has a main office in Wells.

Wells School was the only school in the district which enrolled white students, welcoming 198 students in the 2021-22 school year.

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2021-22	258	198	76.7
2020-21	263	194	73.8
2019-20	276	209	75.7