Tyler Reporter

There were 13,401 Hispanic students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Smith County welcomed 39,344 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 34.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 66 schools in Smith County, Tyler High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,379 students.

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	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	27.8	2,487
Tyler High School	64.9	2,126
Whitehouse High School	15.5	1,513
Lindale High School	17.5	1,208
Moore Mst Magnet School	68.2	1,080
Chapel Hill High School	50.6	1,065
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	17.5	959
Three Lakes Middle School	27.8	842
Boulter Middle School	58.8	837
Bullard High School	9.4	837
Whitehouse Junior High School	14.1	757
Hubbard Middle School	16.4	739
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	17.8	721
Woods Elementary School	19.2	707
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	53.6	698
Orr Elementary School	63.3	697
Owens Elementary School	19	675
Wise Elementary School	42.9	672
Lindale Junior High School	18.4	669
Griffin Elementary School	67.5	655
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	16	649
Rice Elementary School	16.9	635
Cumberland High School	25.5	631
Cumberland Academy	32.8	629
Douglas Elementary School	81.8	594
Caldwell Arts Academy	41.9	577
Dixie Elementary School	55.7	576
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	14.9	570
Winona Elementary School	34.4	556
Ramey Elementary School	60.7	547
Bell Elementary School	55.3	535
Chapel Hill Junior High School	50.8	526
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	13.1	526
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	15.3	510
Velma Penny Elementary School	17.8	506
Troup Elementary School	11.1	486
College Street Elementary	17.5	475
Early Childhood Center	18.8	451
Bullard Middle School	6.9	449
Bullard Intermediate School	7.4	445
Arp Elementary School	14.3	442
Birdwell School	92.1	441
Jackson Elementary School	68.1	436
Bonner Elementary School	75.8	426
Peete Elementary School	50.4	417
Cumberland Academy Middle	30.3	399
Clarkston Elementary School	25.4	397
Bullard Primary School	7.6	393
Bullard Elementary School	6.6	381
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	14.4	381
Tyler ISD Early College High School	74.2	372
Jones Elementary School	37.8	368
Ut Tyler University Academy at Tyler	21.1	355
T. J. Austin Elementary School	64.8	332
Troup High School	12.7	314
Winona High School	31.6	297
Bullard Early Childhood	11.2	286
Hogg Middle School	58.9	275
The Leadership Academy	11.6	267
Arp High School	14.8	263
UT Tyler University Academy at Longview	15.1	259
Troup Middle School	13.8	253
UT Tyler University Academy at Palestine	21.8	239
Winona Middle School	37.8	225
Arp Junior High School	16	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	52.2	90