Tyler Reporter

There were 249 Multiracial students enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 10.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Wood County welcomed 6,324 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Multiracial comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Wood County, Mineola Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Multiracial students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 39 students.

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.

School name	% of multi-racial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Quitman Elementary School	2.4	585
Winnsboro High School	2.7	479
Mineola High School	4.8	461
Alba-Golden Elementary School	3	429
Mineola Primary School	9.1	427
Alba-Golden High School	3.3	425
Hawkins High School / Middle	4.1	392
Mineola Middle School	4.4	388
Winnsboro Elementary School	3.9	382
Winnsboro Junior High School	3	369
Mineola Elementary School	4.5	356
Hawkins Elementary School	4.2	355
Quitman High School	5.4	351
Winnsboro Memorial Intermediate School	2	307
Quitman Junior High School	4.5	243
Yantis School	2.6	190
Yantis Elementary School	1.7	178
Alter School	0	7