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Texas is the #2 largest school system in the United States, serving 4,933,931 students across 8,843 public schools. There are 201 Blue Ribbon Schools, 219 magnet schools, 562 charter schools, and 26 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(TX) School Average
% American Indian	n/a
% Asian	3%
% Hispanic	50%
% Black	13%
% White	31%
Unknown	3%

Texas Public Schools by County

County	# High	# Middle	# Elementary
1. Anderson County	9	6	13
2. Andrews County	2	2	2
3. Angelina County	16	10	25
4. Aransas County	1	2	2
5. Archer County	3	2	3
6. Armstrong County	1	1	2
7. Atascosa County	14	13	16
8. Austin County	4	6	4
9. Bailey County	1	1	2
10. Bandera County	2	1	3
11. Bastrop County	9	8	16
12. Baylor County	1	1	1
13. Bee County	4	3	9
14. Bell County	32	31	68
15. Bexar County	126	146	341
16. Blanco County	2	2	2
17. Borden County	1	1	1
18. Bosque County	8	7	8
19. Bowie County	15	15	28
20. Brazoria County	28	33	60
21. Brazos County	10	12	31
22. Brewster County	3	2	4
23. Briscoe County	1	1	1
24. Brooks County	1	1	4
25. Brown County	13	8	14
26. Burleson County	5	5	6
27. Burnet County	4	3	6
28. Caldwell County	5	4	8
29. Calhoun County	3	3	7
30. Callahan County	4	3	5
31. Cameron County	47	50	108
32. Camp County	1	2	2
33. Carson County	3	2	5
34. Cass County	8	8	10
35. Castro County	3	2	3
36. Chambers County	4	6	6
37. Cherokee County	6	7	10
38. Childress County	1	1	1
39. Clay County	5	5	5
40. Cochran County	2	2	3
41. Coke County	2	-	2
42. Coleman County	5	4	6
43. Collin County	47	67	156
44. Collingsworth County	2	2	2
45. Colorado County	3	4	5
46. Comal County	9	10	26
47. Comanche County	4	6	4
48. Concho County	4	3	5
49. Cooke County	9	5	10
50. Coryell County	6	7	12
51. Cottle County	1	1	1
52. Crane County	1	1	1
53. Crockett County	1	1	1
54. Crosby County	5	3	4
55. Culberson County	1	1	1
56. Dallam County	3	3	2
57. Dallas County	146	168	477
58. Dawson County	4	3	4
59. De Witt County	6	8	10
60. Deaf Smith County	2	2	7
61. Delta County	1	1	2
62. Denton County	77	83	159
63. Dickens County	2	2	2
64. Dimmit County	1	2	3
65. Donley County	2	2	2
66. Duval County	3	2	4
67. Eastland County	7	4	5
68. Ector County	5	8	31
69. Edwards County	2	-	2
70. El Paso County	60	62	160
71. Ellis County	15	19	33
72. Erath County	7	5	10
73. Falls County	8	6	9
74. Fannin County	10	9	11
75. Fayette County	5	3	5
76. Fisher County	6	3	4
77. Floyd County	5	5	5
78. Foard County	1	-	1
79. Fort Bend County	30	36	83
80. Franklin County	1	2	1
81. Freestone County	4	5	6
82. Frio County	5	4	5
83. Gaines County	4	4	4
84. Galveston County	31	44	61
85. Garza County	2	1	1
86. Gillespie County	3	2	5
87. Glasscock County	1	-	1
88. Goliad County	2	2	1
89. Gonzales County	6	5	5
90. Gray County	4	3	6
91. Grayson County	17	16	29
92. Gregg County	18	19	27
93. Grimes County	4	3	6
94. Guadalupe County	10	13	19
95. Hale County	10	11	14
96. Hall County	2	2	3
97. Hamilton County	2	2	2
98. Hansford County	2	2	3
99. Hardeman County	2	1	2
100. Hardin County	9	11	11
101. Harris County	222	309	715
102. Harrison County	9	10	16
103. Hartley County	2	2	2
104. Haskell County	3	3	3
105. Hays County	10	12	29
106. Hemphill County	1	1	2
107. Henderson County	11	11	11
108. Hidalgo County	88	100	223
109. Hill County	13	14	19
110. Hockley County	14	7	10
111. Hood County	6	4	9
112. Hopkins County	8	6	11
113. Houston County	7	2	6
114. Howard County	4	5	9
115. Hudspeth County	3	3	3
116. Hunt County	18	18	25
117. Hutchinson County	4	4	5
118. Irion County	1	-	1
119. Jack County	4	2	3
120. Jackson County	4	4	4
121. Jasper County	6	6	7
122. Jeff Davis County	2	1	2
123. Jefferson County	25	31	54
124. Jim Hogg County	1	1	1
125. Jim Wells County	4	7	10
126. Johnson County	20	17	41
127. Jones County	5	4	5
128. Karnes County	9	5	7
129. Kaufman County	17	16	30
130. Kendall County	6	5	8
131. Kenedy County	-	-	1
132. Kent County	1	1	1
133. Kerr County	8	6	11
134. Kimble County	1	1	1
135. King County	1	1	1
136. Kinney County	2	1	1
137. Kleberg County	4	5	9
138. Knox County	3	2	3
139. La Salle County	2	2	3
140. Lamar County	7	9	13
141. Lamb County	7	4	7
142. Lampasas County	3	3	5
143. Lavaca County	4	2	8
144. Lee County	4	4	3
145. Leon County	5	4	6
146. Liberty County	16	21	18
147. Limestone County	7	5	7
148. Lipscomb County	4	4	5
149. Live Oak County	2	3	2
150. Llano County	1	1	2
151. Lubbock County	27	31	62
152. Lynn County	4	4	5
153. Madison County	2	1	3
154. Marion County	1	1	2
155. Martin County	3	3	3
156. Mason County	1	1	1
157. Matagorda County	8	12	12
158. Maverick County	3	2	19
159. Mcculloch County	4	4	5
160. Mclennan County	48	46	66
161. Mcmullen County	1	1	1
162. Medina County	6	5	9
163. Menard County	2	2	2
164. Midland County	10	12	31
165. Milam County	6	5	8
166. Mills County	5	4	5
167. Mitchell County	4	3	4
168. Montague County	6	5	10
169. Montgomery County	26	40	69
170. Moore County	3	3	6
171. Morris County	2	2	3
172. Motley County	1	1	1
173. Nacogdoches County	10	8	17
174. Navarro County	9	8	16
175. Newton County	3	3	3
176. Nolan County	5	5	7
177. Nueces County	27	31	65
178. Ochiltree County	2	2	2
179. Oldham County	4	2	4
180. Orange County	7	9	12
181. Palo Pinto County	6	5	8
182. Panola County	5	4	5
183. Parker County	10	11	21
184. Parmer County	4	4	5
185. Pecos County	4	4	4
186. Polk County	6	6	7
187. Potter County	9	15	31
188. Presidio County	3	2	3
189. Rains County	1	2	1
190. Randall County	6	8	22
191. Reagan County	1	1	1
192. Real County	3	3	3
193. Red River County	4	4	4
194. Reeves County	2	3	3
195. Refugio County	3	-	3
196. Roberts County	1	1	1
197. Robertson County	5	4	5
198. Rockwall County	5	6	16
199. Runnels County	6	4	5
200. Rusk County	8	10	11
201. Sabine County	2	1	2
202. San Augustine County	2	1	2
203. San Jacinto County	2	2	4
204. San Patricio County	9	12	14
205. San Saba County	3	3	3
206. Schleicher County	1	1	1
207. Scurry County	3	3	4
208. Shackelford County	2	1	2
209. Shelby County	5	6	7
210. Sherman County	1	1	1
211. Smith County	17	23	41
212. Somervell County	2	1	2
213. Starr County	5	6	17
214. Stephens County	2	2	3
215. Sterling County	2	1	3
216. Stonewall County	1	-	1
217. Sutton County	1	1	2
218. Swisher County	3	1	4
219. Tarrant County	98	143	319
220. Taylor County	14	15	36
221. Terrell County	1	1	2
222. Terry County	5	3	6
223. Throckmorton County	2	1	2
224. Titus County	4	3	8
225. Tom Green County	31	21	45
226. Travis County	64	72	182
227. Trinity County	4	3	5
228. Tyler County	5	3	8
229. Upshur County	7	9	7
230. Upton County	2	1	2
231. Uvalde County	6	6	10
232. Val Verde County	5	6	13
233. Van Zandt County	12	11	16
234. Victoria County	6	7	22
235. Walker County	5	7	9
236. Waller County	2	2	4
237. Ward County	3	3	3
238. Washington County	4	3	5
239. Webb County	16	17	51
240. Wharton County	6	6	8
241. Wheeler County	4	4	4
242. Wichita County	13	10	32
243. Wilbarger County	4	4	4
244. Willacy County	6	4	6
245. Williamson County	39	44	86
246. Wilson County	15	14	15
247. Winkler County	2	1	2
248. Wise County	8	11	13
249. Wood County	8	8	10
250. Yoakum County	2	2	2
251. Young County	4	5	5
252. Zapata County	1	1	4
253. Zavala County	2	2	3

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