North Coastal News

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

Of the 14,542 students attending Victoria County schools, 67.8% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 24.1% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Victoria County, comprising 67.1% of the student body.

Stroman STEM Academy and Victoria East High School had the most diverse student body in Victoria County, including white, American Indian, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and multiracial.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 0.2% when compared to the previous year.

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
Aloe Elementary School	Hispanic	57%	426
Bloomington Elementary School	Hispanic	85.3%	265
Bloomington High School	Hispanic	82%	239
Bloomington Junior High School	Hispanic	87.7%	195
C. O. Chandler Elementary School	Hispanic	65.4%	474
Childrens Learning Institute Early Education Cent	Hispanic	80.2%	162
Crain Elementary School	Hispanic	88%	416
Dudley Elementary School	Hispanic	76.9%	484
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School	Hispanic	49.5%	481
Harold Cade Middle School	Hispanic	50.1%	740
Hopkins Elementary School	Hispanic	85.5%	427
Howell Middle School	Hispanic	61%	757
Industrial Elementary West	White	73.1%	271
Liberty Credit Recovery	Hispanic	76.9%	273
Liberty DAEP	Hispanic	72.6%	84
Liberty DAEP Elementary School	Hispanic	100%	2
Martin De Leon Elementary School	Hispanic	61%	541
Mission Valley Elementary School	White	65.4%	246
Nursery Elementary School	White	57%	135
O'Connor Elementary School	Hispanic	83.1%	396
Patti Welder Middle School	Hispanic	77.4%	638
Placedo Elementary School	Hispanic	87.4%	191
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School	Hispanic	82.5%	423
Rowland Elementary School	Hispanic	71.7%	421
Shields Elementary School	Hispanic	77.6%	441
Smith Elementary School	Hispanic	67.7%	158
Smith STEM Academy	Hispanic	78.1%	392
Stroman Middle School	Hispanic	76.2%	265
Stroman STEM Academy	Hispanic	79.2%	448
Vickers Elementary School	Hispanic	47.9%	505
Victoria East High School	Hispanic	70.3%	1,845
Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center	Hispanic	60%	35
Victoria West High School	Hispanic	62.2%	1,766