Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Milam County welcomed 4,302 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 10% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 16 schools in Milam County, Cameron Yoe High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 76 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Yoe High School | 16.2 | 468 |
| Rockdale High School | 11.9 | 421 |
| Ben Milam Elementary School | 15.3 | 412 |
| Rockdale Intermediate School | 8.3 | 385 |
| Cameron Middle School | 17.7 | 378 |
| Rockdale Junior High School | 9.4 | 351 |
| Cameron Elementary School | 19.3 | 311 |
| Rockdale Elementary School | 7.5 | 268 |
| Thorndale Elementary School | 0.4 | 242 |
| Thorndale High School | 0.5 | 214 |
| Milano Elementary School | 2.3 | 176 |
| Gause Elementary School | 8.6 | 163 |
| Milano High School | 3.8 | 156 |
| Buckholts School | 2.1 | 140 |
| Thorndale Middle School | 0 | 140 |
| Milano Junior High School | 2.6 | 77 |
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