Lubbock County: Hispanic students were most represented ethnicity in 2022-23 school year

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

By Lubbock Times

Oct 29, 2024

Hispanic students made up the largest ethnic group in Lubbock County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 52,144 students attending Lubbock County schools, 52.4% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 33.7% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Lubbock County, comprising 52.2% of the student body.

Elementary for Education Innovation had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 41.7% Hispanic students, 37.7% white students, 13.7% Black students, 4% multiracial students, 1.7% Pacific Islander students, 0.6% American Indian students, and 0.6% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 0.8% when compared to the previous year.

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 district. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in 2022-23 Enrollment in Lubbock County

Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Lubbock County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Alderson Elementary School	Black	51.7%	439
Atkins Middle School	Hispanic	74%	542
Bayless Elementary School	Hispanic	63.5%	518
Bean Elementary School	Hispanic	92.3%	349
Bennett Elementary School	White	51.8%	876
Brown Elementary School	Hispanic	73.5%	238
Carmona-Harrison Elementary School	Hispanic	84.3%	593
Cathelene Thomas Elementary School	Hispanic	59.9%	439
Cavazos Middle School	Hispanic	89.6%	479
Centennial Elementary School	Hispanic	58.6%	618
Commander William C. McCool Academy	Hispanic	53.6%	450
Coronado High School	Hispanic	55.3%	1,960
Crestview Elementary School	White	54.2%	583
Dunbar College Preparatory Academy	Hispanic	49.5%	430
Elementary for Education Innovation	Hispanic	41.7%	175
Ervin Elementary School	Black	57.5%	405
Estacado High School	Hispanic	52.5%	897
Evans Middle School	Hispanic	50.7%	799
Frenship High School	Hispanic	48.6%	3,247
Frenship Middle School	White	46.2%	833
Hardwick Elementary School	Hispanic	60.1%	574
Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock	Hispanic	59.8%	567
Harwell Elementary School	Hispanic	90.2%	410
Heritage Middle School	White	44.9%	766
Hodges Elementary School	Hispanic	71.4%	255
Homebound	White	44.4%	45
Honey Elementary School	White	50.2%	420
Hutchinson Middle School	Hispanic	49.9%	833
Idalou Elementary School	White	57.3%	410
Idalou High School	White	61.5%	278
Idalou Middle School	White	56.7%	300
Irons Middle School	Hispanic	55.3%	815
Legacy Elementary School	Hispanic	46.4%	450
Lubbock County JJAEP	Hispanic	46.2%	13
Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center	Hispanic	50.9%	57
Lubbock High School	Hispanic	60.5%	1,839
Lubbock-Cooper Bush Middle School	White	53.1%	971
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School	White	62%	849
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School	Hispanic	45.5%	759
Lubbock-Cooper High School	White	53%	2,117
Lubbock-Cooper Middle School	White	53.5%	914
Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy	Hispanic	45.8%	83
Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary School	Hispanic	49.4%	721
Lubbock-Cooper South Elementary School	White	57.4%	739
Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School	White	59.1%	596
Mackenzie Middle School	Hispanic	65%	515
Maedgen Elementary School	Hispanic	64.7%	323
Matthews Academy	Hispanic	64.1%	103
McWhorter Elementary School	Hispanic	92%	535
Miller Elementary School	White	55.2%	643
Monterey High School	Hispanic	64.3%	2,114
New Deal DAEP	Hispanic	100%	3
New Deal Elementary School	Hispanic	53.5%	275
New Deal High School	Hispanic	50.4%	244
New Deal Middle School	Hispanic	52.8%	235
North Ridge Elementary School	Hispanic	58.5%	738
Oak Ridge Elementary School	White	43%	610
Overton Elementary School	Hispanic	62.8%	277
Parsons Elementary School	Hispanic	66.7%	396
Premier High School of Lubbock	Hispanic	57%	186
Priority Intervention Academy	Hispanic	67.8%	152
Ramirez Elementary School	Hispanic	68.1%	467
Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock	Hispanic	70.4%	142
Rise Academy	Black	74.7%	297
Roberts Elementary School	Hispanic	63%	535
Roosevelt Elementary School	Hispanic	56.9%	536
Roosevelt High School	Hispanic	62.9%	350
Roosevelt Junior High School	Hispanic	60.6%	289
Rush Elementary School	Hispanic	55%	309
Shallowater Elementary School	White	66.4%	330
Shallowater High School	White	67.2%	542
Shallowater Intermediate School	White	67.4%	387
Shallowater Middle School	White	65.2%	500
Slaton High School	Hispanic	68%	362
Slaton ISD DAEP	Hispanic	75%	4
Slaton Junior High School	Hispanic	65.9%	264
Slaton Middle School	Hispanic	78.3%	355
Smith Elementary School	White	46%	561
Stephen F. Austin Primary School	Hispanic	65.3%	199
Stewart Elementary School	Hispanic	70.9%	405
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders	Hispanic	44.8%	469
Terra Vista Middle School	Hispanic	60.7%	891
Texas Tech University K-12	White	59.9%	735
Triumph Public High Schools-Lubbock	Hispanic	84.1%	226
Upland Heights Elementary School	White	50.1%	840
Waters Elementary School	Hispanic	58.2%	507
Wester Elementary School	Hispanic	57.7%	371
Westwind Elementary School	Hispanic	63.4%	601
Wheelock Elementary School	Hispanic	73.4%	323
Whiteside Elementary School	White	44.9%	490
Williams Elementary School	Hispanic	58%	307
Willow Bend Elementary School	Hispanic	67%	730
Wilson Elementary School	White	55.7%	555
Wolffarth Elementary School	Hispanic	77%	265