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There were 20,202 white students enrolled in Bell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Bell County welcomed 69,140 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 29.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 104 schools in Bell County, Lake Belton High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,168 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.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Harker Heights High School	25.2	2,359
Temple High School	20.4	2,305
Lake Belton High School	53.6	2,181
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	12.5	2,175
Killeen High School	12.5	2,076
Belton High School	43.2	1,941
C. E. Ellison High School	13.1	1,682
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	16.2	1,327
Nolan Middle School	28.2	1,178
Killeen Elementary School	9.7	1,135
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	66.8	1,029
Clifton Park Elementary School	17.7	1,026
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	15.9	1,003
Pershing Park Elementary School	9.3	1,001
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	20.6	970
Saegert Elementary School	18.4	954
Skipcha Elementary School	30.1	925
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	36.9	868
North Belton Middle School	51.2	857
Reeces Creek Elementary School	10.6	856
Iduma Elementary School	10.8	852
Meadows Elementary School	38.3	830
Lake Belton Middle School	58.6	826
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	16.1	802
Tarver Elementary School	44.5	798
Timber Ridge Elementary School	19.5	796
Palo Alto Middle School	10.9	790
Mountain View Elementary School	28.6	787
Haynes Elementary School	13.7	780
Thornton Elementary School	20	744
Pat Carney Elementary School	16.8	743
Trimmier Elementary School	8.9	740
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	8.8	729
Harker Heights Elementary School	19.5	724
Clear Creek Elementary School	29.7	723
Rancier Middle School	9.7	722
Salado High School	70.3	716
Willow Springs Elementary School	9.3	706
Academy Intermediate	60.2	704
Lakewood Elementary School	70.1	700
Liberty Hill Middle School	13.3	694
Belton Middle School	51.4	691
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	25.7	681
South Belton Middle School	31	677
Nolanville Elementary School	29.5	655
Travis Science Academy	19	649
High Point Elementary School	62.4	643
Union Grove Middle School	29.7	633
Charter Oak Elementary School	45.6	632
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	11.1	623
Bonham Middle School	27	622
Manor Middle School	9.8	614
Eastern Hills Middle School	19.3	610
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	34.4	607
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	47.7	606
Venable Village Elementary School	21.2	605
Hay Branch Elementary School	9.5	602
Sparta Elementary School	64.7	598
Salado Middle School	69.2	591
Brookhaven Elementary School	14.7	584
Cedar Valley Elementary School	15.3	576
Maxdale Elementary School	13.5	569
Raye-Allen Elementary School	21	567
Academy High School	64.3	530
Peebles Elementary School	9.6	529
Belton Early Childhood School	43	525
Lamar Middle School	21.5	520
Jefferson Elementary School	25.9	491
Troy High School	61.6	487
Scott Elementary School	24.9	465
Bartlett Schools	26.7	461
Western Hills Elementary School	32.8	448
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	29.7	441
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	7.6	437
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	59.9	421
Academy Junior High	58.7	419
Rogers Elementary School	63	419
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	17.5	418
Southwest Elementary School	19.7	402
Troy Elementary School	54.9	399
Raymond Mays Middle School	65.4	382
Pathways Academic Campus	11.9	362
Cater Elementary School	29.2	322
Miller Heights Elementary School	30.3	317
Holland Elementary School	69.4	310
Rogers High School	64.6	280
Temple Charter Academy	33	267
Leon Heights Elementary School	51.9	216
Holland High School	65.3	193
Academy Elementary	55.5	182
Rogers Middle School	67.4	178
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	12.7	157
Gateway High School	8.6	139
Holland Middle School	67.9	131
Nolan Creek School	60.7	122
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	23.4	107
Wheatley Alternative Education Center	14.1	78
Cedar Crest	44.9	69
Gateway Middle School	8.6	58
JHW Inspire Academy - Bell County	16.7	36
Elementary Alter Learning Center	5.9	17
Adventhealth School	9.1	11
Bell County DAEP	33.3	3
Killeen JJAEP	0	2