East Central Texas News

There were 56 Asian students enrolled in Navarro County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Navarro County welcomed 10,257 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Asian comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Navarro County, only Bowie Elementary School and Corsicana High School enrolled any Asian students, welcoming nine students each in the 2021-22 school year.

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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Corsicana High School	0.5	1,761
Corsicana Middle School	0.5	935
Collins Intermediate School	0.6	864
Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School	0.5	581
Bowie Elementary School	1.6	567
Kerens School	0.4	552
Carroll Elementary School	0	480
Mildred High School	1.1	453
Blooming Grove Elementary School	1.2	434
Sam Houston Elementary School	0.7	426
Rice Elementary School	0	400
Fannin Elementary School	0.8	392
Mildred Elementary School	1.3	381
Rice Intermediate/Middle School	0	306
Rice High School	0	291
Blooming Grove High School	0.7	275
Dawson Elementary School	0	274
Dawson High School	0	252
Frost High School	0	234
Frost Elementary School	0	198
Blooming Grove Junior High School	0	194
Navarro County AEP/ABC	0	7