Mid City Times

There were 921 African American students enrolled in Premier High Schools District in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Premier High Schools District welcomed 7,117 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 12.9% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Premier High Schools District roughly covers schools within Erath County and has a main office in Lewisville.

Among the 40 schools in Premier High Schools District, Premier High School Online recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 331 students.

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of African American Students	African American students %
2022-23	7,117	921	12.9%
2021-22	6,834	887	13%
2020-21	6,332	697	11%
2019-20	5,365	599	11.2%