Rains County Schools: Rains High School welcomed most students in 2021-22 school year

By Tyler Reporter

Dec 27, 2023

Rains High School had the highest enrollment among Rains County schools, welcoming 472 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 54.9% of them were boys, and 45.1% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 75% of the Rains High School total enrollment.

Among the four schools in Rains County, Rains Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 445 students, while Rains Junior High School welcomed 433 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Rains High School is a part of Rains ISD, which roughly covers schools within Rains County with its main office in Emory.

In the previous school year, Rains High School also had the highest number of students among Rains County schools.

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.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

Enrollment in Rains High School Over 3 Years