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Limestone County Education: 179 multiracial students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

There were 179 multiracial students enrolled in Limestone County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 20.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Limestone County welcomed 3,732 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Limestone County, H. O. Whitehurst Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 33 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.

Ethnicities in Limestone County in 2022-23 School Year

White [34.4%]Black [16.8%]Hispanic [42.6%]Ethnicities <5% [6.2%]
Enrollment Demographics in Limestone County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Multiracial students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Mexia High School3.6553
A. B. McBay Elementary School4.4527
H. O. Whitehurst Elementary School6.6501
Groesbeck High School3.7458
Mexia Junior High School7386
R. Q. Sims Intermediate School5.4386
Enge-Washington Intermediate School6.2337
Groesbeck Middle School2.2277
Coolidge Elementary School5.2155
Coolidge High School2.1140
Developmental Center012

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