Tyler Reporter

Jacksonville High School had the highest enrollment among Cherokee County schools, welcoming 1,331 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, 50.6% of them were boys, and 49.4% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 57.5% of the Jacksonville High School total enrollment.

Among the 24 schools in Cherokee County, Bullard High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 848 students, while Jacksonville Middle School welcomed 711 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Jacksonville High School also had the highest number of students among Cherokee 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
Jacksonville High School	Jacksonville	1,331
Bullard High School	Bullard	848
Jacksonville Middle School	Jacksonville	711
Nichols Intermediate School	Jacksonville	666
Fred Douglass	Jacksonville	623
East Side Elementary School	Jacksonville	615
Rusk High School	Rusk	610
Joe Wright Elementary School	Jacksonville	542
New Summerfield School	New Summerfield	515
Rusk Junior High School	Rusk	478
Bullard Middle School	Bullard	459
Bullard Intermediate School	Bullard	435
Bullard Elementary School	Bullard	434
West Side Elementary School	Jacksonville	404
Bullard Primary School	Bullard	401
G.W. Bradford Primary School	Rusk	376
Bullard Early Childhood	Bullard	309
Rusk Intermediate School	Rusk	303
Rusk Elementary School	Rusk	288
Wells School	Wells	259
Alto Elementary School	Alto	208
Alto Middle School	Alto	167
Alto High School	Alto	161
Compass Center	Jacksonville	17