Tyler Reporter

There were 16,558 white students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 2.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Smith County welcomed 39,344 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 42.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 66 schools in Smith County, Whitehouse High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 972 students.

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	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	38.4	2,487
Tyler High School	2.7	2,126
Whitehouse High School	64.2	1,513
Lindale High School	72.9	1,208
Moore Mst Magnet School	9.2	1,080
Chapel Hill High School	25.6	1,065
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	70.5	959
Three Lakes Middle School	37.2	842
Boulter Middle School	3.6	837
Bullard High School	83.5	837
Whitehouse Junior High School	64.5	757
Hubbard Middle School	43.4	739
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	52.8	721
Woods Elementary School	53.9	707
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	22.3	698
Orr Elementary School	3.3	697
Owens Elementary School	61.5	675
Wise Elementary School	35.7	672
Lindale Junior High School	67.4	669
Griffin Elementary School	3.7	655
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	55.5	649
Rice Elementary School	45.2	635
Cumberland High School	46.8	631
Cumberland Academy	42	629
Douglas Elementary School	2.9	594
Caldwell Arts Academy	31.7	577
Dixie Elementary School	12.5	576
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	68.9	570
Winona Elementary School	45.1	556
Ramey Elementary School	1.3	547
Bell Elementary School	12.1	535
Chapel Hill Junior High School	24.9	526
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	70.9	526
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	61	510
Velma Penny Elementary School	69.8	506
Troup Elementary School	72.4	486
College Street Elementary	69.7	475
Early Childhood Center	68.5	451
Bullard Middle School	85.5	449
Bullard Intermediate School	85.8	445
Arp Elementary School	63.3	442
Birdwell School	5	441
Jackson Elementary School	16.1	436
Bonner Elementary School	4.9	426
Peete Elementary School	3.8	417
Cumberland Academy Middle	42.9	399
Clarkston Elementary School	24.7	397
Bullard Primary School	86.5	393
Bullard Elementary School	86.9	381
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	61.9	381
Tyler ISD Early College High School	9.7	372
Jones Elementary School	9.8	368
Ut Tyler University Academy at Tyler	62	355
T. J. Austin Elementary School	0.9	332
Troup High School	72.9	314
Winona High School	46.5	297
Bullard Early Childhood	81.8	286
Hogg Middle School	7.3	275
The Leadership Academy	74.5	267
Arp High School	68.1	263
UT Tyler University Academy at Longview	71.4	259
Troup Middle School	69.2	253
UT Tyler University Academy at Palestine	59	239
Winona Middle School	34.7	225
Arp Junior High School	60.7	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	14.4	90