Centroplex News

There were 870 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Bell County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.3% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 104 schools in Bell County, Robert M. Shoemaker High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 54 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Harker Heights High School	2.2	2,359
Temple High School	0.3	2,305
Lake Belton High School	0.5	2,181
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	2.5	2,175
Killeen High School	2.3	2,076
Belton High School	0.6	1,941
C. E. Ellison High School	2.3	1,682
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	3.1	1,327
Nolan Middle School	1.6	1,178
Killeen Elementary School	1.1	1,135
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	0.4	1,029
Clifton Park Elementary School	1.7	1,026
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	1.9	1,003
Pershing Park Elementary School	1.4	1,001
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	1.1	970
Saegert Elementary School	2.3	954
Skipcha Elementary School	0.9	925
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	0.5	868
North Belton Middle School	0.4	857
Reeces Creek Elementary School	2.2	856
Iduma Elementary School	3.1	852
Meadows Elementary School	1.8	830
Lake Belton Middle School	0	826
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	4.1	802
Tarver Elementary School	0.3	798
Timber Ridge Elementary School	1.1	796
Palo Alto Middle School	2.3	790
Mountain View Elementary School	0.5	787
Haynes Elementary School	2.2	780
Thornton Elementary School	0.3	744
Pat Carney Elementary School	1.2	743
Trimmier Elementary School	1.6	740
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	2.7	729
Harker Heights Elementary School	2.2	724
Clear Creek Elementary School	1.7	723
Rancier Middle School	1	722
Salado High School	0.3	716
Willow Springs Elementary School	2	706
Academy Intermediate	0.1	704
Lakewood Elementary School	0	700
Liberty Hill Middle School	2	694
Belton Middle School	0.7	691
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	2.5	681
South Belton Middle School	0.3	677
Nolanville Elementary School	1.4	655
Travis Science Academy	0.3	649
High Point Elementary School	0.6	643
Union Grove Middle School	2.7	633
Charter Oak Elementary School	0.2	632
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	1.8	623
Bonham Middle School	0.2	622
Manor Middle School	2.3	614
Eastern Hills Middle School	1.6	610
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	2	607
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	0	606
Venable Village Elementary School	2	605
Hay Branch Elementary School	0.5	602
Sparta Elementary School	0.2	598
Salado Middle School	0	591
Brookhaven Elementary School	3.8	584
Cedar Valley Elementary School	1.9	576
Maxdale Elementary School	3.3	569
Raye-Allen Elementary School	0.2	567
Academy High School	0.6	530
Peebles Elementary School	1.7	529
Belton Early Childhood School	0.2	525
Lamar Middle School	0	520
Jefferson Elementary School	0.2	491
Troy High School	0.2	487
Scott Elementary School	0.2	465
Bartlett Schools	0	461
Western Hills Elementary School	0.2	448
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	0.5	441
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	0.2	437
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	0.5	421
Academy Junior High	0.2	419
Rogers Elementary School	0	419
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	0.2	418
Southwest Elementary School	0.2	402
Troy Elementary School	0.3	399
Raymond Mays Middle School	0	382
Pathways Academic Campus	2.8	362
Cater Elementary School	0.9	322
Miller Heights Elementary School	0.3	317
Holland Elementary School	0	310
Rogers High School	0	280
Temple Charter Academy	0.7	267
Leon Heights Elementary School	0	216
Holland High School	0	193
Academy Elementary	0	182
Rogers Middle School	0	178
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	1.9	157
Gateway High School	0.7	139
Holland Middle School	0	131
Nolan Creek School	0	122
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	0	107
Wheatley Alternative Education Center	1.3	78
Cedar Crest	1.4	69
Gateway Middle School	1.7	58
JHW Inspire Academy - Bell County	0	36
Elementary Alter Learning Center	0	17
Adventhealth School	0	11
Bell County DAEP	0	3
Killeen JJAEP	0	2