There were 1,112 Black students enrolled in Navarro County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Data showed that Navarro County welcomed 10,681 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 10.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 21 schools in Navarro County, Corsicana High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students, with a total of 271.
A recent study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing Texas’ school districts. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.
“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.
| School name | % Black students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Corsicana High School | 14.8% | 1,837 |
| Collins Intermediate School | 14.4% | 891 |
| Corsicana Middle School | 14% | 857 |
| Kerens School | 15.4% | 657 |
| Dawson High School | 6.5% | 628 |
| Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School | 13% | 562 |
| Carroll Elementary School | 25.6% | 559 |
| Bowie Elementary School | 13.2% | 494 |
| Mildred High School | 2.4% | 453 |
| Blooming Grove Elementary School | 2% | 449 |
| Rice Elementary School | 1.8% | 444 |
| Sam Houston Elementary School | 1.2% | 422 |
| Mildred Elementary School | 1.3% | 385 |
| Fannin Elementary School | 16% | 376 |
| Rice High School | 1.2% | 340 |
| Rice Intermediate/Middle School | 2.8% | 321 |
| Blooming Grove High School | 2.4% | 288 |
| Frost Elementary School | 0.8% | 247 |
| Frost High School | 4.7% | 215 |
| Blooming Grove Junior High School | 1.5% | 198 |
| Two Dimensions at Corsicana | 63.8% | 58 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
