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Harker Heights High School had the highest enrollment among Bell County schools, welcoming 2,677 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52.2% of them were boys, and 47.8% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Harker Heights High School students was Hispanic, accounting for 31% of the student population.

Among the 106 schools in Bell County, C. E. Ellison High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,658 students, while Belton High School welcomed 2,554 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Harker Heights High School is a part of Killeen ISD, which roughly covers schools within Bell County with its main office in Harker Heights.

In the previous school year, Belton High School had the highest number of students among Bell County schools.

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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Harker Heights High School	Harker Heights	2,677
C. E. Ellison High School	Killeen	2,658
Belton High School	Belton	2,554
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	Killeen	2,259
Temple High School	Temple	2,254
Killeen High School	Killeen	2,187
Lake Belton High School	Temple	1,593
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	Killeen	1,357
Nolan Middle School	Harker Heights	1,132
Killeen Elementary School	Killeen	1,036
Pershing Park Elementary School	Killeen	1,023
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	Salado	1,017
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	Killeen	1,014
Clifton Park Elementary School	Killeen	1,005
Skipcha Elementary School	Harker Heights	973
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	Killeen	969
Reeces Creek Elementary School	Killeen	892
North Belton Middle School	Temple	891
Saegert Elementary School	Killeen	882
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	Belton	877
Palo Alto Middle School	Killeen	835
Timber Ridge Elementary School	Killeen	831
Mountain View Elementary School	Harker Heights	829
Haynes Elementary School	Killeen	825
Lake Belton Middle School	Temple	818
Iduma Elementary School	Killeen	816
Meadows Elementary School	Fort Hood	803
Liberty Hill Middle School	Killeen	800
Rancier Middle School	Killeen	785
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	Killeen	770
Trimmier Elementary School	Killeen	769
Thornton Elementary School	Temple	755
Willow Springs Elementary School	Killeen	754
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	Killeen	735
Tarver Elementary School	Temple	734
Belton Middle School	Belton	719
Pat Carney Elementary School	Killeen	695
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	Killeen	695
Lakewood Elementary School	Belton	688
Salado High School	Salado	676
Harker Heights Elementary School	Harker Heights	673
South Belton Middle School	Belton	666
Clear Creek Elementary School	Fort Hood	666
Manor Middle School	Killeen	660
Union Grove Middle School	Harker Heights	646
Bonham Middle School	Temple	643
Travis Science Academy	Temple	638
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	Killeen	631
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	Temple	630
Hay Branch Elementary School	Killeen	629
Brookhaven Elementary School	Killeen	629
High Point Elementary School	Temple	628
Sparta Elementary School	Belton	627
Venable Village Elementary School	Fort Hood	622
Maxdale Elementary School	Killeen	616
Eastern Hills Middle School	Harker Heights	613
Nolanville Elementary School	Nolanville	604
Cedar Valley Elementary School	Killeen	599
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	Nolanville	595
Charter Oak Elementary School	Temple	555
Salado Middle School	Salado	544
Lamar Middle School	Temple	532
Peebles Elementary School	Killeen	529
Jefferson Elementary School	Temple	513
Raye-Allen Elementary School	Temple	510
Academy High School	Little River	495
Scott Elementary School	Temple	462
Academy Elementary	Little River	461
Troy High School	Troy	454
Belton Early Childhood School	Belton	441
Western Hills Elementary School	Temple	432
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	Troy	416
Academy Junior High	Little River	415
Raymond Mays Middle School	Troy	412
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	Temple	407
Rogers Elementary School	Rogers	404
Southwest Elementary School	Belton	401
Bartlett Schools	Bartlett	395
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	Temple	394
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	Temple	393
Academy Intermediate	Little River	388
Troy Elementary School	Troy	355
Pathways Academic Campus	Killeen	355
Cater Elementary School	Temple	324
Holland Elementary School	Holland	312
Temple Charter Academy	Morgans Point Resort	310
Rogers High School	Rogers	294
Miller Heights Elementary School	Belton	276
Leon Heights Elementary School	Belton	228
Holland High School	Holland	210
Rogers Middle School	Rogers	197
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	Killeen	146
Gateway High School	Killeen	135
Holland Middle School	Holland	135
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	Temple	110
Nolan Creek School	Belton	106
Cedar Crest	Belton	88
Wheatley Alternative Education Center	Temple	74
Gateway Middle School	Killeen	48
Elementary Alter Learning Center	Killeen	20
JHW Inspire Academy - Bell County	San Antonio	17
Adventhealth School	Killeen	14
Bell County DAEP	Salado	5
Killeen JJAEP	Harker Heights	4
Scott & White Hospital	Temple	2
Bell County JJAEP	Temple	2