Centroplex News

Hispanic students made up the largest ethnic group in Bell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 69,140 students attending Bell County schools, 35.5% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 29.2% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Bell County, comprising 34.4% of the student body.

Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 33% Black students, 31% Hispanic students, 16.1% white students, 13.3% multiracial students, 4.1% Pacific Islander students, 1.7% Asian students, and 0.6% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 1.7% when compared to the previous year.

“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
Academy Elementary	White	55.5%	182
Academy High School	White	64.3%	530
Academy Intermediate	White	60.2%	704
Academy Junior High	White	58.7%	419
Adventhealth School	Multi-racial	27.3%	11
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	Black	32.4%	970
Bartlett Schools	Hispanic	61%	461
Bell County DAEP	Hispanic	66.7%	3
Belton Early Childhood School	White	43%	525
Belton High School	White	43.2%	1,941
Belton Middle School	White	51.4%	691
Bonham Middle School	Hispanic	45.5%	622
Brookhaven Elementary School	Black	39%	584
C. E. Ellison High School	Black	43.2%	1,682
Cater Elementary School	Hispanic	40.7%	322
Cedar Crest	White	44.9%	69
Cedar Valley Elementary School	Black	35.2%	576
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	Black	35.6%	1,003
Charter Oak Elementary School	White	45.6%	632
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	Hispanic	47.1%	868
Clear Creek Elementary School	White	29.7%	723
Clifton Park Elementary School	Black	36.1%	1,026
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	Black	33%	802
Eastern Hills Middle School	Black	33.6%	610
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	White	59.9%	421
Elementary Alter Learning Center	Black	47.1%	17
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	Hispanic	49.5%	107
Gateway High School	Black	58.3%	139
Gateway Middle School	Black	60.3%	58
Harker Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	47.2%	724
Harker Heights High School	Hispanic	32%	2,359
Hay Branch Elementary School	Black	52.3%	602
Haynes Elementary School	Black	39.7%	780
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	Hispanic	78.3%	437
High Point Elementary School	White	62.4%	643
Holland Elementary School	White	69.4%	310
Holland High School	White	65.3%	193
Holland Middle School	White	67.9%	131
Iduma Elementary School	Black	44.7%	852
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	Black	46.9%	623
JHW Inspire Academy - Bell County	Black	55.6%	36
Jefferson Elementary School	Hispanic	43%	491
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	White	47.7%	606
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	Hispanic	35.1%	441
Killeen Elementary School	Hispanic	46.7%	1,135
Killeen High School	Hispanic	40.4%	2,076
Killeen JJAEP	Black	100%	2
Lake Belton High School	White	53.6%	2,181
Lake Belton Middle School	White	58.6%	826
Lakewood Elementary School	White	70.1%	700
Lamar Middle School	Hispanic	48.1%	520
Leon Heights Elementary School	White	51.9%	216
Liberty Hill Middle School	Black	37.6%	694
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	Black	46.5%	729
Manor Middle School	Hispanic	41%	614
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	Hispanic	29.2%	681
Maxdale Elementary School	Black	41.7%	569
Meadows Elementary School	White	38.3%	830
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	Hispanic	49%	418
Miller Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	47%	317
Mountain View Elementary School	Hispanic	34.8%	787
Nolan Creek School	White	60.7%	122
Nolan Middle School	Hispanic	34%	1,178
Nolanville Elementary School	Hispanic	32.5%	655
North Belton Middle School	White	51.2%	857
Palo Alto Middle School	Black	49.4%	790
Pat Carney Elementary School	Hispanic	33.8%	743
Pathways Academic Campus	Hispanic	37.8%	362
Peebles Elementary School	Hispanic	54.8%	529
Pershing Park Elementary School	Hispanic	54.5%	1,001
Rancier Middle School	Hispanic	41.6%	722
Raye-Allen Elementary School	Hispanic	35.1%	567
Raymond Mays Middle School	White	65.4%	382
Reeces Creek Elementary School	Black	48.4%	856
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	Hispanic	37.7%	607
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	Black	48.4%	157
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	Black	43.2%	2,175
Rogers Elementary School	White	63%	419
Rogers High School	White	64.6%	280
Rogers Middle School	White	67.4%	178
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	Black	35.4%	1,327
Saegert Elementary School	Black	35.1%	954
Salado High School	White	70.3%	716
Salado Middle School	White	69.2%	591
Scott Elementary School	Hispanic	52.5%	465
Skipcha Elementary School	White	30.1%	925
South Belton Middle School	Hispanic	51.7%	677
Southwest Elementary School	Hispanic	69.4%	402
Sparta Elementary School	White	64.7%	598
Tarver Elementary School	White	44.5%	798
Temple Charter Academy	Hispanic	39.7%	267
Temple High School	Hispanic	48.6%	2,305
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	White	66.8%	1,029
Thornton Elementary School	Hispanic	55.2%	744
Timber Ridge Elementary School	Black	36.3%	796
Travis Science Academy	Hispanic	47.5%	649
Trimmier Elementary School	Hispanic	64.2%	740
Troy Elementary School	White	54.9%	399
Troy High School	White	61.6%	487
Union Grove Middle School	White	29.7%	633
Venable Village Elementary School	Hispanic	33.1%	605
Western Hills Elementary School	Hispanic	37.3%	448
Wheatley Alternative Education Center	Black	51.3%	78
Willow Springs Elementary School	Black	49.7%	706