East Central Texas News

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

Of the 10,547 students attending Navarro County schools, 48.3% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 33.8% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Navarro County, comprising 46.8% of the student body.

Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 49.4% Hispanic students, 21.3% white students, 14.8% Black students, 8.1% Pacific Islander students, 5% multiracial students, 0.8% Asian students, and 0.6% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 2.2% when compared to the previous year.

“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	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Blooming Grove Elementary School	White	60.7%	428
Blooming Grove High School	White	53.9%	267
Blooming Grove Junior High School	White	59.1%	225
Bowie Elementary School	White	41%	534
Carroll Elementary School	Hispanic	53.4%	502
Collins Intermediate School	Hispanic	54.8%	868
Corsicana High School	Hispanic	54.1%	1,805
Corsicana Middle School	Hispanic	54.3%	928
Dawson Elementary School	White	58.4%	281
Dawson High School	White	57.7%	265
Fannin Elementary School	Hispanic	51.6%	399
Frost Elementary School	White	50.7%	215
Frost High School	White	59.6%	240
Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School	Hispanic	49.4%	621
Kerens School	White	41.9%	570
Mildred Elementary School	White	70.5%	380
Mildred High School	White	71.8%	468
Navarro County AEP/ABC	Hispanic	66.7%	3
Rice Elementary School	Hispanic	76.2%	407
Rice High School	Hispanic	71%	307
Rice Intermediate/Middle School	Hispanic	73.6%	322
Sam Houston Elementary School	Hispanic	80.9%	439
Two Dimensions at Corsicana	Black	54.8%	73