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Hispanic students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Bell County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 68,585 students attending Bell County schools, 36.2% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 28.2% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Bell County, comprising 35.5% of the student body.

Saegert Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the schools in the county, which included 37% Black students, 28% Hispanic students, 16.6% white students, 11.5% multiracial students, 4.2% Asian students, 2.4% Pacific Islander students, and 0.3% American Indian students.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 0.8%.

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

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Academy Elementary	White	57%	172
Academy High School	White	58.6%	539
Academy Intermediate	White	57.5%	702
Academy Junior High	White	57.4%	401
Adventhealth School	White	41.7%	12
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	Black	33.5%	929
Bartlett Schools	Hispanic	62%	439
Belton Early Childhood School	Hispanic	43.2%	519
Belton High School	Hispanic	44.4%	1,836
Belton Middle School	White	49.1%	715
Bonham Middle School	Hispanic	49.7%	636
Brookhaven Elementary School	Black	36.8%	557
C. E. Ellison High School	Black	43.2%	1,687
Cater Elementary School	Hispanic	43.4%	309
Cedar Crest	White	42.3%	71
Cedar Valley Elementary School	Hispanic	34%	594
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	Black	37.9%	1,022
Charter Oak Elementary School	White	47.1%	624
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	Hispanic	47.9%	913
Clear Creek Elementary School	Hispanic	32.5%	781
Clifton Park Elementary School	Black	37.1%	990
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	Black	35.6%	783
Eastern Hills Middle School	Hispanic	35.1%	589
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	White	57.3%	433
Elementary Alter Learning Center	Black	61.1%	18
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	Hispanic	52.8%	89
Gateway High School	Black	56.7%	97
Gateway Middle School	Black	44.1%	68
Harker Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	49.9%	720
Harker Heights High School	Hispanic	31.6%	2,268
Hay Branch Elementary School	Black	49.1%	574
Haynes Elementary School	Black	41.7%	768
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	Hispanic	75.2%	484
High Point Elementary School	White	60.2%	645
Holland Elementary School	White	70.3%	306
Holland High School	White	64.7%	187
Holland Middle School	White	68.3%	145
Iduma Elementary School	Black	44.3%	808
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	Black	43.7%	647
JHW Inspire Academy - Bell County	Black	52.9%	34
Jefferson Elementary School	Hispanic	42.7%	492
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	White	48.7%	630
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	Hispanic	38.9%	416
Killeen Elementary School	Hispanic	46.9%	1,088
Killeen High School	Hispanic	41.3%	2,166
Killeen JJAEP	Multiracial	33.3%	3
Lake Belton High School	White	54.2%	2,269
Lake Belton Middle School	White	57.9%	812
Lakewood Elementary School	White	70%	676
Lamar Middle School	Hispanic	47.8%	538
Leon Heights Elementary School	White	50.7%	219
Liberty Hill Middle School	Black	40.1%	716
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	Black	47.3%	683
Manor Middle School	Hispanic	40.4%	627
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	Hispanic	32.2%	696
Maxdale Elementary School	Black	44%	534
Meadows Elementary School	White	38.4%	864
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	Hispanic	50.1%	447
Miller Heights Elementary School	Hispanic	46.6%	283
Mountain View Elementary School	Hispanic	33.6%	740
Nolan Creek School	White	55.1%	138
Nolan Middle School	Hispanic	33.2%	1,156
Nolanville Elementary School	Hispanic	33.1%	640
North Belton Middle School	White	48%	919
Palo Alto Middle School	Black	48.9%	759
Pat Carney Elementary School	Black	38.1%	714
Pathways Academic Campus	Black	41.6%	353
Peebles Elementary School	Hispanic	57.2%	526
Pershing Park Elementary School	Hispanic	56%	1,003
Rancier Middle School	Hispanic	45.9%	687
Raye-Allen Elementary School	Hispanic	33.5%	627
Raymond Mays Middle School	White	59.4%	404
Reeces Creek Elementary School	Black	45.7%	868
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	Hispanic	38.7%	550
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	Black	52.5%	122
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	Black	43.1%	2,258
Rogers Elementary School	White	59.2%	402
Rogers High School	White	63.8%	257
Rogers Middle School	White	66%	215
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	Black	34.4%	1,280
Saegert Elementary School	Black	37%	982
Salado High School	White	68.7%	725
Salado Middle School	White	68%	590
Scott Elementary School	Hispanic	52.3%	465
Skipcha Elementary School	Hispanic	30.8%	968
South Belton Middle School	Hispanic	55.5%	660
Southwest Elementary School	Hispanic	70.6%	398
Sparta Elementary School	White	64.5%	574
Tarver Elementary School	White	36%	486
Temple Charter Academy	White	40.3%	221
Temple High School	Hispanic	48.3%	2,342
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	White	65.4%	1,031
Thornton Elementary School	Hispanic	54.9%	740
Timber Ridge Elementary School	Black	36.3%	747
Travis Science Academy	Hispanic	47.2%	687
Trimmier Elementary School	Hispanic	68.4%	690
Troy Elementary School	White	54%	372
Troy High School	White	65.2%	497
Union Grove Middle School	White	30%	669
Venable Village Elementary School	Hispanic	32.7%	684
Western Hills Elementary School	Hispanic	36.4%	448
Wheatley Alternative Education Center	Black	52.4%	63
Willow Springs Elementary School	Black	48.2%	658