Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Mc Lennan County welcomed 43,360 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 16.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 102 schools in Mc Lennan County, Waco High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 625 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.
Ethnicities in Mc Lennan County in 2022-23 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Mc Lennan County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
| School name | % of Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Midway High School | 11.8 | 2,648 |
| Waco High School | 31.1 | 2,011 |
| University High School | 19.2 | 1,678 |
| Midway Middle School | 15.2 | 1,075 |
| Tennyson Middle School | 29.4 | 999 |
| China Spring High School | 6.5 | 948 |
| La Vega High School | 25.6 | 882 |
| Cesar Chavez Middle School | 23.6 | 840 |
| Bell's Hill Elementary School | 4.9 | 760 |
| Lake Air Montessori School | 12.1 | 697 |
| Robinson High School | 2.3 | 696 |
| China Spring Elementary School | 4.1 | 677 |
| La Vega Elementary School | 23.7 | 659 |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Waco | 8.2 | 611 |
| Dean Highland Elementary School | 21.7 | 598 |
| Connally High School | 37.1 | 596 |
| South Bosque Elementary School | 5.5 | 595 |
| La Vega Intermediate H. P. Miles Campus | 24.7 | 592 |
| Castleman Creek Elementary School | 12 | 585 |
| West Elementary School | 2.1 | 582 |
| Harmony Science Academy (Waco) | 16.7 | 575 |
| Woodway Elementary School | 8.1 | 567 |
| Parkdale Elementary School | 40.4 | 559 |
| Alta Vista Elementary School | 22.4 | 545 |
| Connally Junior High School | 32.7 | 544 |
| Robinson Intermediate School | 3 | 539 |
| Lorena High School | 2 | 512 |
| Connally Primary School | 32.5 | 508 |
| Hewitt Elementary School | 16.5 | 502 |
| Spring Valley Elementary School | 8 | 488 |
| Kendrick Elementary School | 10.4 | 482 |
| China Spring Middle School | 7.1 | 478 |
| South Waco Elementary School | 50.6 | 462 |
| China Spring Intermediate School | 4.8 | 461 |
| McGregor Elementary School | 7.9 | 454 |
| Crestview Elementary School | 30.2 | 451 |
| La Vega Primary Phil Bancale Campus | 28 | 450 |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School | 29.5 | 447 |
| Lorena Middle School | 1.8 | 442 |
| Hillcrest Pds Magnet | 14.8 | 440 |
| Lorena Primary School | 2.1 | 437 |
| La Vega Junior High George Dixon Campus | 26.7 | 434 |
| McGregor High School | 5.7 | 418 |
| Lorena Elementary School | 1.9 | 415 |
| Robinson Junior High School | 3.9 | 414 |
| Junior High Hines Elementary School | 71.4 | 406 |
| Indian Spring Middle School | 27 | 404 |
| Mountainview Elementary School | 23.9 | 402 |
| Axtell Elementary School | 0.8 | 397 |
| Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy | 40.1 | 397 |
| West High School | 2.5 | 395 |
| G. W. Carver Middle School | 50.9 | 393 |
| Robinson Primary School | 3.6 | 387 |
| Connally Elementary School | 34.8 | 374 |
| Provident Heights Elementary School | 18.8 | 372 |
| Brook Avenue Elementary School | 42 | 369 |
| Robinson Elementary School | 1.7 | 362 |
| Mart Elementary School | 17.6 | 346 |
| Bosqueville Elementary School | 2.3 | 341 |
| Isbill Junior High School | 6.2 | 338 |
| Foster Elementary School | 1.8 | 329 |
| Riesel School | 1.2 | 327 |
| Crawford High School | 1.3 | 319 |
| Connally Early Childhood Center | 31.8 | 302 |
| McGregor Primary School | 4.1 | 292 |
| West Avenue Elementary School | 48.4 | 289 |
| Crawford Elementary School | 1.8 | 274 |
| Speegleville Elementary School | 7.3 | 273 |
| West Middle School | 0.8 | 264 |
| Gholson School | 3.4 | 262 |
| Moody Elementary School | 3.9 | 256 |
| Quinn Campus Public Middle School | 31.1 | 251 |
| Mart High School | 23.6 | 242 |
| Moody High School | 5.9 | 220 |
| Bosqueville High School | 3.7 | 218 |
| Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School | 22.7 | 211 |
| Axtell High School | 0 | 208 |
| Valley Mills High School | 2.9 | 204 |
| Moody Middle School | 6.2 | 194 |
| Axtell Middle School | 2.1 | 191 |
| Bruceville-Eddy High School | 1 | 191 |
| Waco Charter School | 24 | 175 |
| Bruceville-Eddy Junior High School | 0.6 | 162 |
| Bosqueville Middle School | 1.9 | 161 |
| Premier High School of Waco | 14.1 | 156 |
| Hallsburg School | 2.7 | 146 |
| Valley Mills Junior High School | 0.7 | 141 |
| Bruceville-Eddy Elementary School | 0 | 115 |
| Bruceville-Eddy Intermediate School | 0.9 | 110 |
| G. L. Wiley Opportunity Center | 55.4 | 92 |
| Brazos High School | 45.3 | 86 |
| Methodist Children's Home | 35 | 80 |
| Moody Pre-K | 4 | 50 |
| Waco Center for Youth | 17.9 | 39 |
| Challenge Academy | 36 | 25 |
| West Brookhaven Youth Ranch School | 16.7 | 24 |
| Bill Logue Detention Center | 52.9 | 17 |
| Challenge Academy | 12.5 | 8 |
| Tag | 14.3 | 7 |
| Axtell/Be DAEP | 0 | 5 |
| Axtell/Bruceville-Eddy Learning Center | 0 | 5 |
| Challenge Academy | 33.3 | 3 |
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Harmony School of Innovation - Waco• Moody Pre-K• Mountainview Elementary• Challenge Academy• University High School• Midway High School• South Bosque Elementary• Alta Vista Elementary• China Spring High School• China Spring Middle• Challenge Academy• Mart Elementary• Connally Elementary• Hillcrest Pds Magnet• Dean Highland Elementary• Bruceville-Eddy Intermediate• Riesel School• Paul And Jane Meyer Public High School• Provident Heights Elementary• West Middle• Bruceville-Eddy High School• Foster Elementary• Bruceville-Eddy Junior High• Bruceville-Eddy Elementary• Crawford Elementary• Tag• Crawford High School• G.l. Wiley Opportunity Center• Hallsburg School• Axtell/Bruceville-Eddy Learning Center• Brook Avenue Elementary• Bosqueville High School• La Vega High School• Lorena Middle• Bill Logue Detention Center• Indian Spring Middle• Mart High School• G. W. Carver Middle School• Lorena Pri• Lorena High School• Robinson Elementary• La Vega Elementary• Speegleville Elementary• Methodist Children's Home• Axtell High School• McGregor Elementary• Parkdale Elementary• Tennyson Middle• Waco Charter School• Robinson Pri• West Brookhaven Youth Ranch School• South Waco Elementary• Cedar Ridge Elementary School• West High School• Harmony Science Academy (waco)• Kendrick Elementary• Valley Mills Junior High• Brazos High School• Connally High School• Connally Early Childhood Center• Texas State Executive - State Board of Education• Axtell Middle School• La Vega Intermediate H.p. Miles Campus• Premier High School of Waco• Gholson School• Waco High School• Cesar Chavez Middle• Lorena Elementary• Waco Center for Youth• McGregor Primary• Moody High School• Robinson Intermediate• Moody Elementary• Robinson High School• Bell's Hill Elementary• China Spring Elementary• La Vega Primary Phil Bancale Campus• Castleman Creek Elementary• Connally Junior High• Crestview Elementary• Bosqueville Elementary• Bosqueville Middle• Audre And Bernard Rapoport Academy• Axtell/Be Daep• West Elementary• Isbill Junior High• Lake Air Montessori School• Moody Middle• La Vega Junior High George Dixon Campus• Challenge Academy• Robinson Junior High• Spring Valley Elementary• Midway Middle• Hewitt Elementary• Quinn Campus Public Middle• West Avenue Elementary• Axtell Elementary• Junior High Hines Elementary• China Spring Intermediate School• Valley Mills High School• Woodway Elementary• Connally Pri
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