Waco Reporter

Hispanic students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Mc Lennan County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 43,132 students attending Mc Lennan County schools, 42.5% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 35.6% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Mc Lennan County, comprising 42.4% of the student body.

Midway Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the schools in the county, which included 42.5% white students, 30.1% Hispanic students, 16.2% Black students, 5.4% Asian students, 5.3% multiracial students, 0.4% American Indian students, and 0.1% Pacific Islander students.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 0.5%.

“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	65.2%	528
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy	Black	41.6%	399
Axtell Elementary School	White	75.7%	391
Axtell High School	White	74.5%	216
Axtell Middle School	White	69.8%	169
Bell's Hill Elementary School	Hispanic	93.2%	781
Bill Logue Detention Center	Black	56.3%	16
Bosqueville Elementary School	White	58.7%	329
Bosqueville High School	White	69.7%	221
Bosqueville Middle School	White	64.2%	173
Brazos High School	Hispanic	56%	100
Brook Avenue Elementary School	Hispanic	50.7%	373
Bruceville-Eddy Elementary School	White	62.1%	124
Bruceville-Eddy High School	White	58%	200
Bruceville-Eddy Intermediate School	White	56.1%	123
Bruceville-Eddy Junior High School	White	58%	138
Castleman Creek Elementary School	White	39.7%	587
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	Hispanic	61.3%	450
Cesar Chavez Middle School	Hispanic	72.1%	813
Challenge Academy	Multiracial	66.7%	3
Challenge Academy	White	100%	2
Challenge Academy	Hispanic	56.7%	30
Challenge Academy	Hispanic	42.9%	7
China Spring Elementary School	White	64.8%	657
China Spring High School	White	64.5%	941
China Spring Intermediate School	White	66.7%	460
China Spring Middle School	White	62.4%	505
Connally Early Childhood Center	Black	43.8%	274
Connally Elementary School	Black	40.1%	354
Connally High School	Black	38.6%	621
Connally Junior High School	Hispanic	42.8%	535
Connally Primary School	Hispanic	39.8%	498
Crawford Elementary School	White	83.2%	273
Crawford High School	White	86.8%	326
Crestview Elementary School	Hispanic	63.8%	473
Dean Highland Elementary School	Hispanic	63.8%	597
Foster Elementary School	White	69.1%	327
G. L. Wiley Opportunity Center	Black	63.6%	77
Gholson School	White	65.1%	269
Hallsburg School	White	66.2%	145
Harmony School of Innovation - Waco	Hispanic	75.9%	606
Harmony Science Academy (Waco)	Hispanic	65.5%	566
Hewitt Elementary School	Hispanic	39.2%	498
Hillcrest Pds Magnet	Hispanic	56.1%	433
Indian Spring Middle School	Hispanic	53%	776
Isbill Junior High School	Hispanic	49%	345
Junior High Hines Elementary School	Black	70.1%	395
Kendrick Elementary School	Hispanic	83.4%	469
La Vega Elementary School	Hispanic	56%	672
La Vega High School	Hispanic	61%	877
La Vega Intermediate H. P. Miles Campus	Hispanic	62.9%	634
La Vega Junior High George Dixon Campus	Hispanic	60.3%	438
La Vega Primary Phil Bancale Campus	Hispanic	51.5%	499
Lake Air Montessori School	Hispanic	66.2%	711
Lorena Elementary School	White	79.5%	459
Lorena High School	White	75%	553
Lorena Middle School	White	73.1%	431
Lorena Primary School	White	75.1%	413
Mart Elementary School	White	51.1%	362
Mart High School	White	44.7%	244
McGregor Elementary School	White	46.7%	473
McGregor High School	Hispanic	51.3%	427
McGregor Primary School	Hispanic	51.2%	287
Methodist Children's Home	Black	35.6%	90
Midway High School	White	53.4%	2,730
Midway Middle School	White	42.5%	1,089
Moody Elementary School	White	61.3%	266
Moody High School	White	53.5%	215
Moody Middle School	White	58.5%	205
Moody Pre-K	White	58.5%	41
Mountainview Elementary School	Hispanic	47.6%	349
Parkdale Elementary School	Hispanic	46.5%	520
Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School	Hispanic	49.3%	227
Premier High School of Waco	Hispanic	51.9%	154
Provident Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	72.6%	398
Quinn Campus Public Middle School	Hispanic	51.9%	258
Riesel School	White	64.6%	325
Robinson Elementary School	White	59.7%	345
Robinson High School	White	60.3%	717
Robinson Intermediate School	White	60%	560
Robinson Junior High School	White	56.5%	395
Robinson Primary School	White	57%	393
South Bosque Elementary School	White	67.2%	564
South Waco Elementary School	Black	52.4%	477
Speegleville Elementary School	White	56.2%	267
Spring Valley Elementary School	White	56.3%	483
Tag	White	66.7%	9
Tennyson Middle School	Hispanic	56.6%	947
University High School	Hispanic	74.1%	1,750
Valley Mills High School	White	63.1%	206
Valley Mills Junior High School	White	69.4%	147
Waco Center for Youth	White	58%	69
Waco High School	Hispanic	57.7%	1,778
West Avenue Elementary School	Black	54.3%	276
West Elementary School	White	76.4%	605
West High School	White	77.8%	383
West Middle School	White	77.1%	262
Woodway Elementary School	White	61.5%	559