North Coastal News

There were 35 American Indian students enrolled in Victoria County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as in the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Victoria County welcomed 14,542 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Victoria County, Victoria East High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students.

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

“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	% of American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Victoria East High School	0.2	1,845
Victoria West High School	0.1	1,766
Howell Middle School	0.1	757
Harold Cade Middle School	0	740
Patti Welder Middle School	0.3	638
Martin De Leon Elementary School	0.6	541
Vickers Elementary School	0.2	505
Dudley Elementary School	0.4	484
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School	0.4	481
C. O. Chandler Elementary School	0.4	474
Stroman STEM Academy	0.4	448
Shields Elementary School	0	441
Hopkins Elementary School	0	427
Aloe Elementary School	0.7	426
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School	0.5	423
Rowland Elementary School	0	421
Crain Elementary School	0.5	416
O'Connor Elementary School	0.5	396
Smith STEM Academy	0.5	392
Liberty Credit Recovery	0	273
Industrial Elementary West	0	271
Stroman Middle School	0.8	265
Bloomington Elementary School	0	265
Mission Valley Elementary School	0	246
Bloomington High School	0	239
Bloomington Junior High School	0	195
Placedo Elementary School	0	191
Childrens Learning Institute Early Education Cent	0.6	162
Smith Elementary School	0	158
Nursery Elementary School	0	135
Liberty DAEP	0	84
Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center	0	35
Liberty DAEP Elementary School	0	2