Waco Reporter

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

Of the 43,360 students attending Mc Lennan County schools, 42.4% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 36% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Mc Lennan County, comprising 41.2% of the student body.

Hewitt Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 38.2% white students, 34.9% Hispanic students, 16.5% Black students, 6.2% multiracial students, 3.4% Asian students, 0.6% Pacific Islander students, and 0.2% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 4.4% when compared to the previous year.

“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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Alta Vista Elementary School	Hispanic	62.9%	545
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy	Hispanic	41.8%	397
Axtell Elementary School	White	76.6%	397
Axtell High School	White	76%	208
Axtell Middle School	White	72.3%	191
Axtell/Be DAEP	White	60%	5
Axtell/Bruceville-Eddy Learning Center	Hispanic	60%	5
Bell's Hill Elementary School	Hispanic	93.6%	760
Bill Logue Detention Center	Black	52.9%	17
Bosqueville Elementary School	White	62.5%	341
Bosqueville High School	White	73.9%	218
Bosqueville Middle School	White	66.5%	161
Brazos High School	Hispanic	47.7%	86
Brook Avenue Elementary School	Hispanic	50.7%	369
Bruceville-Eddy Elementary School	White	64.3%	115
Bruceville-Eddy High School	White	57.6%	191
Bruceville-Eddy Intermediate School	White	60.9%	110
Bruceville-Eddy Junior High School	White	58.6%	162
Castleman Creek Elementary School	White	40.9%	585
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	Hispanic	59.3%	447
Cesar Chavez Middle School	Hispanic	70.6%	840
Challenge Academy	White	66.7%	3
Challenge Academy	Hispanic	75%	8
Challenge Academy	Hispanic	52%	25
China Spring Elementary School	White	67.2%	677
China Spring High School	White	64.1%	948
China Spring Intermediate School	White	64.2%	461
China Spring Middle School	White	64.4%	478
Connally Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	38.7%	302
Connally Elementary School	Hispanic	38.5%	374
Connally High School	Black	37.1%	596
Connally Junior High School	Hispanic	42.6%	544
Connally Primary School	Hispanic	40.9%	508
Crawford Elementary School	White	83.2%	274
Crawford High School	White	89%	319
Crestview Elementary School	Hispanic	58.8%	451
Dean Highland Elementary School	Hispanic	67.9%	598
Foster Elementary School	White	71.7%	329
G. L. Wiley Opportunity Center	Black	55.4%	92
G. W. Carver Middle School	Black	50.9%	393
Gholson School	White	68.7%	262
Hallsburg School	White	69.2%	146
Harmony School of Innovation - Waco	Hispanic	77.9%	611
Harmony Science Academy (Waco)	Hispanic	63.8%	575
Hewitt Elementary School	White	38.2%	502
Hillcrest Pds Magnet	Hispanic	57.7%	440
Indian Spring Middle School	Hispanic	63.1%	404
Isbill Junior High School	Hispanic	51.2%	338
Junior High Hines Elementary School	Black	71.4%	406
Kendrick Elementary School	Hispanic	83.2%	482
La Vega Elementary School	Hispanic	59.3%	659
La Vega High School	Hispanic	61.6%	882
La Vega Intermediate H. P. Miles Campus	Hispanic	60.5%	592
La Vega Junior High George Dixon Campus	Hispanic	59%	434
La Vega Primary Phil Bancale Campus	Hispanic	53.1%	450
Lake Air Montessori School	Hispanic	65.4%	697
Lorena Elementary School	White	76.6%	415
Lorena High School	White	74.8%	512
Lorena Middle School	White	77.1%	442
Lorena Primary School	White	77.1%	437
Mart Elementary School	White	48%	346
Mart High School	White	47.1%	242
McGregor Elementary School	White	46%	454
McGregor High School	Hispanic	51.2%	418
McGregor Primary School	Hispanic	54.8%	292
Methodist Children's Home	Black	35%	80
Midway High School	White	54.8%	2,648
Midway Middle School	White	44.1%	1,075
Moody Elementary School	White	58.6%	256
Moody High School	White	51.8%	220
Moody Middle School	White	54.1%	194
Moody Pre-K	White	54%	50
Mountainview Elementary School	Hispanic	46.5%	402
Parkdale Elementary School	Hispanic	44.2%	559
Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School	Hispanic	49.8%	211
Premier High School of Waco	Hispanic	50.6%	156
Provident Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	72.6%	372
Quinn Campus Public Middle School	Hispanic	49%	251
Riesel School	White	66.7%	327
Robinson Elementary School	White	61%	362
Robinson High School	White	63.9%	696
Robinson Intermediate School	White	60.5%	539
Robinson Junior High School	White	56.3%	414
Robinson Primary School	White	56.8%	387
South Bosque Elementary School	White	68.4%	595
South Waco Elementary School	Black	50.6%	462
Speegleville Elementary School	White	54.9%	273
Spring Valley Elementary School	White	57.4%	488
Tag	Hispanic	42.9%	7
Tennyson Middle School	Hispanic	55.3%	999
University High School	Hispanic	74.6%	1,678
Valley Mills High School	White	63.7%	204
Valley Mills Junior High School	White	64.5%	141
Waco Center for Youth	White	48.7%	39
Waco Charter School	Hispanic	71.4%	175
Waco High School	Hispanic	56.1%	2,011
West Avenue Elementary School	Black	48.4%	289
West Brookhaven Youth Ranch School	Hispanic	41.7%	24
West Elementary School	White	78%	582
West High School	White	78.2%	395
West Middle School	White	74.6%	264
Woodway Elementary School	White	65.1%	567