East Central Texas News

Athens High School had the highest enrollment among Henderson County schools, welcoming 885 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 51.3% of the Athens High School total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in Henderson County, Brownsboro High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 758 students, while Athens Middle School welcomed 652 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Athens High School is a part of Athens ISD, which roughly covers schools within Henderson County with its main office in Athens.

In the previous school year, Athens High School also had the highest number of students among Henderson County schools.

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.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Athens High School	Athens	885
Brownsboro High School	Brownsboro	758
Athens Middle School	Athens	652
Central Athens	Athens	538
Eustace Primary School	Eustace	480
Malakoff Elementary School	Malakoff	476
Southside Elementary School	Mabank	469
Bel Air Elementary School	Athens	449
South Athens Elementary School	Athens	442
Brownsboro Elementary School	Brownsboro	432
Eustace High School	Eustace	432
Chandler Elementary School	Chandler	413
Brownsboro Junior High School	Brownsboro	407
Lakeview Elementary School	Mabank	380
Malakoff High School	Malakoff	378
Eustace Middle School	Eustace	375
Eustace Intermediate School	Eustace	363
Brownsboro Intermediate School	Brownsboro	314
Malakoff Middle School	Malakoff	310
Chandler Intermediate School	Chandler	261
Cross Roads Elementary School	Malakoff	254
Tool Elementary School	Tool	245
Lapoynor Elementary School	Larue	202
Murchison Elementary School	Murchison	179
Lapoynor High School	Larue	179
Cross Roads High School	Malakoff	167
Trinidad School	Trinidad	154
Cross Roads Junior High School	Malakoff	117
Lapoynor Junior High School	Larue	110
Malakoff Alternative Program (Map)	Malakoff	11