East Central Texas News

Fairfield High School had the highest enrollment among Freestone County schools, welcoming 489 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 55.6% of the Fairfield High School total enrollment.

Among the 12 schools in Freestone County, Teague Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 468 students, while Fairfield Junior High School welcomed 409 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Fairfield High School also had the highest number of students among Freestone 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
Fairfield High School	Fairfield	489
Teague Elementary School	Teague	468
Fairfield Junior High School	Fairfield	409
Teague High School	Teague	394
Fairfield Elementary School	Fairfield	391
Fairfield Intermediate School	Fairfield	373
Teague Junior High School	Teague	334
Wortham Elementary School	Wortham	255
Wortham High School	Wortham	175
Dew Elementary School	Teague	137
Wortham Middle School	Wortham	122
Teague Lion Academy	Teague	20