Tyler Reporter

Rains High School had the highest enrollment among Rains County schools, welcoming 507 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 55% of them were boys, and 45% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 71.4% of the Rains High School total enrollment.

Among the four schools in Rains County, Rains Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 437 students, while Rains Junior High School welcomed 425 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 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.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Rains High School	Emory	507
Rains Elementary School	Emory	437
Rains Junior High School	Emory	425
Rains Intermediate School	Emory	385