East Central Texas News

Palestine High School had the highest enrollment among Anderson County schools, welcoming 998 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, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Palestine High School students was Hispanic, accounting for 45.1% of the student population.

Among the 25 schools in Anderson County, Story Intermediate School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 673 students, while Palestine Junior High School welcomed 493 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Palestine High School also had the highest number of students among Anderson 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.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Palestine High School	Palestine	998
Story Intermediate School	Palestine	673
Palestine Junior High School	Palestine	493
Northside Primary School	Palestine	465
Southside Elementary School	Palestine	447
Westwood High School	Palestine	438
Westwood Elementary School	Palestine	408
Frankston Elementary School	Frankston	373
Westwood Primary School	Palestine	363
Elkhart Elementary School	Elkhart	327
Elkhart High School	Elkhart	315
Elkhart Intermediate School	Elkhart	282
Elkhart Middle School	Elkhart	270
Cayuga Elementary School	Tennessee Colony	257
Slocum PK - 8	Elkhart	256
Frankston High School	Frankston	245
UT Tyler University Academy at Palestine	Tyler	228
Washington Early Childhood Center	Palestine	221
Westwood Junior High School	Palestine	205
Frankston Middle School	Frankston	184
Cayuga High School	Tennessee Colony	171
Neches Elementary School	Neches	170
Cayuga Middle School	Tennessee Colony	166
Neches High School	Neches	140
Slocum High School	Elkhart	93