East Houston News

There were 477 multiracial students enrolled in Liberty County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.2% 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, multiracial students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Liberty County, Northside Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 39 students.

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

“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	% of Multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Cleveland High School	1	3,310
Cleveland Middle School	1.3	1,696
Dayton High School	2	1,633
Wilson Junior High School	2.5	1,396
Northside Elementary School	3.2	1,235
Eastside Elementary School	1.4	948
Southside Elementary School	0.6	905
Richter Elementary School	2.4	875
Kimmie M. Brown Elementary School	2.2	845
Cottonwood Elementary School	0.7	827
Tarkington Intermediate School	2.6	773
Austin Elementary School	2.8	759
Liberty High School	2.8	707
Pine Burr Elementary School	0.3	691
Liberty Elementary School	4.1	684
Hardin Elementary School	3.3	607
Liberty Middle School	3.1	557
Tarkington High School	2.5	513
San Jacinto Elementary School	4.9	450
Tarkington Middle School	3.1	414
Hardin High School	3.8	394
Hardin Junior High School	3.5	316
Hull-Daisetta Elementary School	5.6	267
Colbert Elementary School	5.3	264
Tarkington Primary School	2.1	193
Devers Elementary School	4.3	141
Hull-Daisetta High School	2.9	105
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program	0	68
Devers Junior High School	1.6	63
Premier High School of Dayton	3.4	59
Hull-Daisetta Junior High School	3.4	59
Frederick A. Douglass Learning Academy	1.9	53
Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education Center	0	4