Tyler Reporter

Tyler Legacy High School had the highest enrollment among Smith County schools, welcoming 2,594 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, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Tyler Legacy High School students was white, accounting for 37% of the student population.

Among the 61 schools in Smith County, Tyler High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,164 students, while Whitehouse High School welcomed 1,532 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 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	2,594
Tyler High School	Tyler	2,164
Whitehouse High School	Whitehouse	1,532
Lindale High School	Lindale	1,265
Moore Mst Magnet School	Tyler	1,113
Chapel Hill High School	Tyler	1,063
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	Lindale	981
Three Lakes Middle School	Tyler	873
Hubbard Middle School	Tyler	869
Boulter Middle School	Tyler	853
Whitehouse Junior High School	Whitehouse	776
Woods Elementary School	Tyler	756
Lindale Junior High School	Lindale	711
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	Tyler	696
Orr Elementary School	Tyler	694
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	Tyler	685
Rice Elementary School	Tyler	680
Griffin Elementary School	Tyler	671
Owens Elementary School	Tyler	665
Wise Elementary School	Tyler	630
Dixie Elementary School	Tyler	616
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	Whitehouse	612
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	Whitehouse	597
Caldwell Arts Academy	Tyler	593
Douglas Elementary School	Tyler	585
Tyler Classical Academy	Lewisville	582
Cumberland High School	Tyler	580
Winona Elementary School	Winona	565
Velma Penny Elementary School	Lindale	541
Ramey Elementary School	Tyler	541
Bell Elementary School	Tyler	533
Troup Elementary School	Troup	520
College Street Elementary	Lindale	518
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	Whitehouse	515
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	Whitehouse	515
Cumberland Academy	Tyler	511
Chapel Hill Junior High School	Tyler	502
Birdwell School	Tyler	477
Arp Elementary School	Arp	473
Early Childhood Center	Lindale	453
Jackson Elementary School	Tyler	417
Bonner Elementary School	Tyler	415
Peete Elementary School	Tyler	414
Tyler ISD Early College High School	Tyler	402
UT Tyler University Academy at Tyler	Tyler	378
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	Whitehouse	369
Clarkston Elementary School	Tyler	363
Cumberland Academy Middle	Tyler	352
Jones Elementary School	Tyler	345
T. J. Austin Elementary School	Tyler	334
Troup High School	Troup	319
The Leadership Academy	Tyler	301
Cumberland Academy Upper Middle	Tyler	293
Arp High School	Arp	293
Winona High School	Winona	288
Winona Middle School	Winona	251
Troup Middle School	Troup	248
Arp Junior High School	Arp	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	Tyler	93
Premier High School of Tyler	Lewisville	79
Azleway - Willow Bend	Austin	10