Tyler Reporter

There were 117 American Indian students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 2.6% 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, American Indian comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 66 schools in Smith County, E. J. Moss Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of eight 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	0.2	2,487
Tyler High School	0.3	2,126
Whitehouse High School	0.1	1,513
Lindale High School	0.6	1,208
Moore Mst Magnet School	0.4	1,080
Chapel Hill High School	0.1	1,065
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	0.8	959
Three Lakes Middle School	0.2	842
Boulter Middle School	0	837
Bullard High School	0.2	837
Whitehouse Junior High School	0.4	757
Hubbard Middle School	0.1	739
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	0.4	721
Woods Elementary School	0.4	707
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	0	698
Orr Elementary School	0.3	697
Owens Elementary School	0.1	675
Wise Elementary School	0.3	672
Lindale Junior High School	0.9	669
Griffin Elementary School	0.5	655
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	0.3	649
Rice Elementary School	0.2	635
Cumberland High School	0.5	631
Cumberland Academy	0.3	629
Douglas Elementary School	0.2	594
Caldwell Arts Academy	0.5	577
Dixie Elementary School	0.2	576
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	0.4	570
Winona Elementary School	0	556
Ramey Elementary School	0.2	547
Bell Elementary School	0.2	535
Chapel Hill Junior High School	0	526
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	0.2	526
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	0	510
Velma Penny Elementary School	0.8	506
Troup Elementary School	0.8	486
College Street Elementary	0	475
Early Childhood Center	0.7	451
Bullard Middle School	0.2	449
Bullard Intermediate School	0.2	445
Arp Elementary School	0.2	442
Birdwell School	0	441
Jackson Elementary School	0.2	436
Bonner Elementary School	0.2	426
Peete Elementary School	0.2	417
Cumberland Academy Middle	0.3	399
Clarkston Elementary School	0.3	397
Bullard Primary School	0	393
Bullard Elementary School	0.3	381
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	1	381
Tyler ISD Early College High School	0.3	372
Jones Elementary School	0.3	368
Ut Tyler University Academy at Tyler	0.8	355
T. J. Austin Elementary School	0	332
Troup High School	0.3	314
Winona High School	0	297
Bullard Early Childhood	0	286
Hogg Middle School	1.1	275
The Leadership Academy	0.4	267
Arp High School	0	263
UT Tyler University Academy at Longview	0.4	259
Troup Middle School	0	253
UT Tyler University Academy at Palestine	0.4	239
Winona Middle School	0.4	225
Arp Junior High School	0	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	0	90