Smith County Education: 13,591 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

By Tyler Reporter

Dec 18, 2024

There were 13,591 Hispanic students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Smith County welcomed 37,283 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 36.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 61 schools in Smith County, Tyler High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,419 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

Ethnicities in Smith County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Smith County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	29.1	2,594
Tyler High School	65.6	2,164
Whitehouse High School	15.9	1,532
Lindale High School	17.6	1,265
Moore Mst Magnet School	69.1	1,113
Chapel Hill High School	51.6	1,063
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	19	981
Three Lakes Middle School	26.9	873
Hubbard Middle School	23.6	869
Boulter Middle School	57.6	853
Whitehouse Junior High School	14.4	776
Woods Elementary School	18.8	756
Lindale Junior High School	20.1	711
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	54.5	696
Orr Elementary School	65	694
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	20.9	685
Rice Elementary School	16.5	680
Griffin Elementary School	68.6	671
Owens Elementary School	20.6	665
Wise Elementary School	42.2	630
Dixie Elementary School	56.5	616
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	16.5	612
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	15.9	597
Caldwell Arts Academy	43.8	593
Douglas Elementary School	81.7	585
Tyler Classical Academy	28.2	582
Cumberland High School	24.7	580
Winona Elementary School	35	565
Ramey Elementary School	60.1	541
Velma Penny Elementary School	19.8	541
Bell Elementary School	54.4	533
Troup Elementary School	11.7	520
College Street Elementary	17.2	518
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	15.5	515
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	13.4	515
Cumberland Academy	31.7	511
Chapel Hill Junior High School	53.4	502
Birdwell School	91	477
Arp Elementary School	14	473
Early Childhood Center	19	453
Jackson Elementary School	66.7	417
Bonner Elementary School	73.7	415
Peete Elementary School	55.8	414
Tyler ISD Early College High School	69.7	402
UT Tyler University Academy at Tyler	22.8	378
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	13.6	369
Clarkston Elementary School	24.8	363
Cumberland Academy Middle	30.4	352
Jones Elementary School	43.2	345
T. J. Austin Elementary School	63.8	334
Troup High School	13.2	319
The Leadership Academy	12.6	301
Arp High School	14.3	293
Cumberland Academy Upper Middle	32.4	293
Winona High School	35.1	288
Winona Middle School	33.9	251
Troup Middle School	16.1	248
Arp Junior High School	18.3	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	41.9	93
Premier High School of Tyler	41.8	79
Azleway - Willow Bend	30	10