Tyler Reporter

There were 24 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.3% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 61 schools in Smith County, Tyler Legacy High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	0.2	2,594
Tyler High School	0	2,164
Whitehouse High School	0.1	1,532
Lindale High School	0.1	1,265
Moore Mst Magnet School	0	1,113
Chapel Hill High School	0	1,063
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	0	981
Three Lakes Middle School	0	873
Hubbard Middle School	0	869
Boulter Middle School	0	853
Whitehouse Junior High School	0	776
Woods Elementary School	0	756
Lindale Junior High School	0	711
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	0.3	696
Orr Elementary School	0	694
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	0.1	685
Rice Elementary School	0	680
Griffin Elementary School	0	671
Owens Elementary School	0.2	665
Wise Elementary School	0	630
Dixie Elementary School	0	616
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	0.3	612
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	0.2	597
Caldwell Arts Academy	0	593
Douglas Elementary School	0	585
Tyler Classical Academy	0	582
Cumberland High School	0.2	580
Winona Elementary School	0.2	565
Ramey Elementary School	0	541
Velma Penny Elementary School	0	541
Bell Elementary School	0	533
Troup Elementary School	0.2	520
College Street Elementary	0	518
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	0.4	515
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	0.2	515
Cumberland Academy	0	511
Chapel Hill Junior High School	0	502
Birdwell School	0	477
Arp Elementary School	0.2	473
Early Childhood Center	0	453
Jackson Elementary School	0	417
Bonner Elementary School	0	415
Peete Elementary School	0	414
Tyler ISD Early College High School	0.2	402
UT Tyler University Academy at Tyler	0	378
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	0	369
Clarkston Elementary School	0	363
Cumberland Academy Middle	0.3	352
Jones Elementary School	0	345
T. J. Austin Elementary School	0	334
Troup High School	0	319
The Leadership Academy	0	301
Arp High School	0	293
Cumberland Academy Upper Middle	0	293
Winona High School	0	288
Winona Middle School	0.4	251
Troup Middle School	0.4	248
Arp Junior High School	0	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	0	93
Premier High School of Tyler	0	79
Azleway - Willow Bend	0	10