Hill Country Chronicle

There were 101 Black students enrolled in Kerr County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 6.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Kerr County welcomed 6,763 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Kerr County, Tivy High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 28 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
Tivy High School	1.9	1,449
Peterson Middle School	1.4	1,095
Fred High Tally Elementary School	2.2	555
Ingram Elementary School	0.2	537
Daniels Elementary School	2.5	523
Nimitz Elementary School	1.3	522
Starkey Elementary School	2.4	451
Ingram Tom Moore High School	0.5	367
Ingram Middle School	0.7	269
Center Point Elementary	0.8	258
Hunt School	0.5	209
Early Childhood Center	1.1	188
Center Point High School	0.6	162
Center Point Middle	0.9	115
Divide Elementary School	0	32
Hill Country High School	9.7	31