South Brazoria News

There were 11,762 Black students enrolled in Brazoria County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 4.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Brazoria County welcomed 73,013 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 16.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 95 schools in Brazoria County, Shadow Creek High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,105 students.

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	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pearland High School	12.9	3,257
Manvel High School	37.1	2,941
Alvin High School	2.7	2,853
Shadow Creek High School	43	2,571
Glenda Dawson High School	23.5	2,516
Brazoswood High School	5.9	2,371
Angleton High School	10.7	1,996
Angleton Junior High School	10.7	1,544
Robert Turner College and Career High School	10.4	1,156
Westside Elementary School	9.3	1,056
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Junior High School	37.2	1,015
Fairview Junior High School	1.8	951
Leon High Sablatura Middle School	9.8	946
Alvin Junior High School	3.5	936
Brazosport High School	9.2	914
Manvel Junior High School	26.1	908
Pearland Junior High West	11.6	907
Lake Jackson Intermediate School	5.3	898
Pearland Junior High South	19.1	892
Magnolia Elementary School	9	887
Pearland Junior High East	10.8	865
Nolan Ryan Junior High School	44.6	854
Columbia High School	9.4	848
Clute Intermediate School	7.8	841
Sweeny Elementary School	8.9	840
Rodeo Palms Junior High School	43.2	819
Glenn York Elementary School	25.8	817
Don Jeter Elementary School	28	815
Meridiana Elementary School	33.9	809
Sam Jamison Middle School	18.1	807
Berry Miller Junior High School	16.6	800
E. A. Lawhon Elementary School	10.2	797
Pomona Elementary School	44.1	776
Rasco Middle School	5	759
Savannah Lakes Elementary School	48.4	758
Alexander Middle School	10.6	754
Barbara Cockrell Elementary School	6.1	739
Rogers Middle School	21.8	735
Shirley Dill Brothers Elementary School	30.5	734
Jackie Doucet Caffey Junior High School	42.8	732
Bel Nafegar Sanchez Elementary School	31.1	721
West Brazos Junior High School	8.4	712
E. C. Mason Elementary School	14.4	703
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School	41.5	698
Mark Twain Elementary School	3.2	692
Bess Brannen Elementary School	3.6	691
West Columbia Elementary School	5.6	684
Hood-Case Elementary School	1.5	682
H. C. Carleston Elementary School	20.1	681
Rustic Oak Elementary School	7.5	679
Laura Ingalls Wilder	36.1	660
Alvin Elementary School	1.7	654
Silvercrest Elementary School	13.8	645
Massey Ranch Elementary School	21.8	639
Bill Hasse Elementary School	2.2	638
T. W. Ogg Elementary School	10.5	619
Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School	2.6	612
Red Duke Elementary School	28	611
Melba Passmore Elementary School	2.9	594
Challenger Elementary School	21.9	589
C. J. Harris Elementary School	16.6	585
Sweeny High School	12.7	582
Silverlake Elementary School	15.3	568
A. P. Beutel Elementary School	3.2	566
Shadycrest Elementary School	5.3	563
O. M. Roberts Elementary School	7.5	558
Freeport Elementary School	6.4	529
G. W. Harby Junior High School	2.1	527
Griffith Elementary School	2.3	518
Central Elementary School	10.8	490
R. L. Stevenson Primary School	2.3	488
Frontier Elementary School	13.4	479
Northside Elementary School	13	446
S. F. Austin Elementary	4.9	432
Sweeny Junior High School	10.2	431
Freeport Intermediate School	9.8	428
Walt Disney Elementary School	3.1	420
Gladys Polk Elementary School	7.3	399
Barrow Elementary School	3.6	389
Rancho Isabella Elementary School	12.9	381
Danbury Elementary School	0.6	340
Southside Elementary School	8	339
O'Hara Lanier Middle School	8	337
Velasco Elementary School	9.7	290
Wild Peach Elementary School	7.7	286
Danbury High School	0.4	257
Danbury Middle School	0	177
Elisabet Ney Pre-Kindergarten Campus	7.5	173
Damon Elementary School	0	116
Rise	7.3	96
Brazos Success Academy	3.7	81
Lighthouse Learning Center - DAEP	18.5	65
Brazoria County Juvenile Detention	26.5	34
Student Alternative Center	31.3	16
Lighthouse Learning Center - JJAEP	0	9