North Coastal News

There were 9,865 Hispanic students enrolled in Victoria County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more than 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, Hispanic students comprised 67.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Victoria County, Victoria East High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,297 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Victoria East High School	70.3	1,845
Victoria West High School	62.2	1,766
Howell Middle School	61	757
Harold Cade Middle School	50.1	740
Patti Welder Middle School	77.4	638
Martin De Leon Elementary School	61	541
Vickers Elementary School	47.9	505
Dudley Elementary School	76.9	484
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School	49.5	481
C. O. Chandler Elementary School	65.4	474
Stroman STEM Academy	79.2	448
Shields Elementary School	77.6	441
Hopkins Elementary School	85.5	427
Aloe Elementary School	57	426
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School	82.5	423
Rowland Elementary School	71.7	421
Crain Elementary School	88	416
O'Connor Elementary School	83.1	396
Smith STEM Academy	78.1	392
Liberty Credit Recovery	76.9	273
Industrial Elementary West	25.1	271
Stroman Middle School	76.2	265
Bloomington Elementary School	85.3	265
Mission Valley Elementary School	31.3	246
Bloomington High School	82	239
Bloomington Junior High School	87.7	195
Placedo Elementary School	87.4	191
Childrens Learning Institute Early Education Cent	80.2	162
Smith Elementary School	67.7	158
Nursery Elementary School	40.7	135
Liberty DAEP	72.6	84
Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center	60	35
Liberty DAEP Elementary School	100	2