Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 34.4% of Liberty County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

By East Houston News

Feb 4, 2025

There were 7,497 white students enrolled in Liberty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Liberty County welcomed 21,811 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 34.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Liberty County, Dayton High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 662 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 Liberty County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Liberty County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Cleveland High School	8.1	3,310
Cleveland Middle School	12.6	1,696
Dayton High School	40.5	1,633
Wilson Junior High School	41.9	1,396
Northside Elementary School	22.7	1,235
Eastside Elementary School	11.7	948
Southside Elementary School	9.2	905
Richter Elementary School	57	875
Kimmie M. Brown Elementary School	41.2	845
Cottonwood Elementary School	3.1	827
Tarkington Intermediate School	83.6	773
Austin Elementary School	38.6	759
Liberty High School	41.3	707
Pine Burr Elementary School	4.1	691
Liberty Elementary School	38.6	684
Hardin Elementary School	74.6	607
Liberty Middle School	43.3	557
Tarkington High School	79.9	513
San Jacinto Elementary School	35.6	450
Tarkington Middle School	77.5	414
Hardin High School	73.9	394
Hardin Junior High School	77.5	316
Hull-Daisetta Elementary School	76.4	267
Colbert Elementary School	42.4	264
Tarkington Primary School	81.3	193
Devers Elementary School	70.9	141
Hull-Daisetta High School	74.3	105
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program	4.4	68
Devers Junior High School	52.4	63
Premier High School of Dayton	67.8	59
Hull-Daisetta Junior High School	79.7	59
Frederick A. Douglass Learning Academy	3.8	53
Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education Center	75	4