Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Limestone County welcomed 3,732 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 16.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 11 schools in Limestone County, Mexia High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 125 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 Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Mexia High School | 22.6 | 553 |
| A. B. McBay Elementary School | 21.6 | 527 |
| H. O. Whitehurst Elementary School | 8 | 501 |
| Groesbeck High School | 11.8 | 458 |
| Mexia Junior High School | 26.4 | 386 |
| R. Q. Sims Intermediate School | 21.2 | 386 |
| Enge-Washington Intermediate School | 5.9 | 337 |
| Groesbeck Middle School | 13 | 277 |
| Coolidge Elementary School | 17.4 | 155 |
| Coolidge High School | 15 | 140 |
| Developmental Center | 41.7 | 12 |
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