SE Texas Times

There were 1,693 Black students enrolled in Orange County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Orange County welcomed 15,015 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 11.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Orange County, West Orange-Stark Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 564 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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Vidor High School	0.2	1,229
West Orange-Stark Elementary School	50.9	1,107
Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School	7.9	1,023
Bridge City Elementary School	1.5	852
Bridge City High School	1.1	851
Orangefield Elementary School	0.8	848
Bridge City Middle School	1.2	726
Bridge City Intermediate School	1.3	677
Vidor Junior High School	0.8	641
West Orange-Stark High School	59.9	633
Little Cypress Elementary School	12.7	624
Vidor Middle School	0	618
Pine Forest Elementary School	0.7	613
Oak Forest Elementary School	0.9	585
Vidor Elementary School	0.3	579
Mauriceville Elementary School	1.3	557
Orangefield High School	0.4	529
West Orange-Stark Middle School	55	518
Orangefield Junior High School	1.7	474
Little Cypress Junior High School	8.3	468
M. B. North Early Childhood Learning Center	51.7	302
Little Cypress Intermediate School	8.5	281
Mauriceville Middle School	1.1	280