Tyler Reporter

Tyler Legacy High School had the highest enrollment among Smith County schools, welcoming 2,487 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, 50.4% of the students were girls, and 49.6% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Tyler Legacy High School students was white, accounting for 38.4% of the student population.

Among the 61 schools in Smith County, Tyler High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,126 students, while Whitehouse High School welcomed 1,513 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Tyler Legacy High School also had the highest number of students among Smith 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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	Tyler	2,487
Tyler High School	Tyler	2,126
Whitehouse High School	Whitehouse	1,513
Lindale High School	Lindale	1,208
Moore Mst Magnet School	Tyler	1,080
Chapel Hill High School	Tyler	1,065
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	Lindale	959
Three Lakes Middle School	Tyler	842
Boulter Middle School	Tyler	837
Whitehouse Junior High School	Whitehouse	757
Hubbard Middle School	Tyler	739
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	Tyler	721
Woods Elementary School	Tyler	707
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	Tyler	698
Orr Elementary School	Tyler	697
Owens Elementary School	Tyler	675
Wise Elementary School	Tyler	672
Lindale Junior High School	Lindale	669
Griffin Elementary School	Tyler	655
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	Whitehouse	649
Rice Elementary School	Tyler	635
Cumberland High School	Tyler	631
Cumberland Academy	Tyler	629
Douglas Elementary School	Tyler	594
Tyler Classical Academy	Lewisville	588
Caldwell Arts Academy	Tyler	577
Dixie Elementary School	Tyler	576
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	Whitehouse	570
Winona Elementary School	Winona	556
Ramey Elementary School	Tyler	547
Bell Elementary School	Tyler	535
Chapel Hill Junior High School	Tyler	526
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	Whitehouse	526
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	Whitehouse	510
Velma Penny Elementary School	Lindale	506
Troup Elementary School	Troup	486
College Street Elementary	Lindale	475
Early Childhood Center	Lindale	451
Arp Elementary School	Arp	442
Birdwell School	Tyler	441
Jackson Elementary School	Tyler	436
Bonner Elementary School	Tyler	426
Peete Elementary School	Tyler	417
Cumberland Academy Middle	Tyler	399
Clarkston Elementary School	Tyler	397
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	Whitehouse	381
Tyler ISD Early College High School	Tyler	372
Jones Elementary School	Tyler	368
UT Tyler University Academy at Tyler	Tyler	355
T. J. Austin Elementary School	Tyler	332
Troup High School	Troup	314
Winona High School	Winona	297
Hogg Middle School	Tyler	275
The Leadership Academy	Tyler	267
Arp High School	Arp	263
Troup Middle School	Troup	253
Winona Middle School	Winona	225
Arp Junior High School	Arp	219
Premier High School of Tyler	Lewisville	103
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	Tyler	90
Azleway - Willow Bend	Tyler	8