Cameron County’s student body comprised mostly of Hispanic students in 2022-23 school year

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

By East RGV News

Oct 29, 2024

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

Of the 97,872 students attending Cameron County schools, 96.8% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.5% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Cameron County, comprising 96.8% of the student body.

Harlingen High School had the most diverse student body in Cameron County, including white, American Indian, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and multiracial.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 0.8% when compared to the previous year.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Cameron County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Aiken Elementary School	Hispanic	99.8%	570
Amador R. Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp	Hispanic	100%	12
Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary School	Hispanic	99.5%	384
Austin Elementary School	Hispanic	92.9%	308
Ben Milam Elementary School	Hispanic	96%	405
Benavides Elementary School	Hispanic	98.4%	882
Berta Cabaza Middle School	Hispanic	98.8%	823
Besteiro Middle School	Hispanic	99%	575
Bonham Elementary School	Hispanic	96.5%	572
Bowie Elementary School	Hispanic	97.9%	337
Breeden Elementary School	Hispanic	99.6%	569
Brite Elementary School	Hispanic	99.1%	545
Brownsville Early College High School	Hispanic	96.6%	348
Bryss Academy	Hispanic	99.2%	508
Burns Elementary School	Hispanic	96.5%	604
C. E. Vail Elementary School	Hispanic	96.2%	366
Cameron County JJAEP	Hispanic	100%	21
Cameron County JJAEP	Hispanic	80%	10
Cameron County JJAEP	Hispanic	95.8%	48
Cameron County JJAEP	Hispanic	100%	3
Cameron County JJAEP	Hispanic	98.4%	61
Canales Elementary School	Hispanic	98.3%	654
Cash Elementary School	Hispanic	98.6%	623
Castaneda Elementary School	Hispanic	97.5%	474
Champion Elementary School	Hispanic	98.3%	655
Coakley Middle School	Hispanic	94.7%	660
Crockett Elementary School	Hispanic	99.3%	278
Cromack Elementary School	Hispanic	95.6%	501
David G. Sanchez Elementary School	Hispanic	94.7%	337
Del Castillo Elementary School	Hispanic	93.9%	228
Derry Elementary School	Hispanic	91.7%	446
Dishman Elementary School	Hispanic	96.6%	320
Dora Romero Elementary School	Hispanic	97.1%	587
Downs Fine Arts Academy	Hispanic	95.9%	367
Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy	Hispanic	94.3%	1,188
Dr. Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School	Hispanic	93%	610
Edna Tamayo House	Hispanic	50%	8
Egly Elementary School	Hispanic	97.3%	546
Elementary Jardin Elementary School	Hispanic	97.8%	360
Elma E. Barrera Elementary School	Hispanic	99.3%	402
Faulk Middle School	Hispanic	99.5%	976
Fred Booth	Hispanic	97.8%	450
Gallegos Elementary School	Hispanic	99.7%	396
Garcia Middle School	Hispanic	99.4%	893
Garden Park Elementary School	Hispanic	98.5%	398
Garriga Elementary School	Hispanic	91.6%	443
Garza Elementary School	Hispanic	97.1%	238
Gateway to Graduation Academy	Hispanic	97.4%	76
Gonzalez Elementary School	Hispanic	96.5%	653
Gutierrez Middle School	Hispanic	92.6%	819
Hanna Early College High School	Hispanic	98.5%	2,246
Harlingen Collegiate High School	Hispanic	90.9%	339
Harlingen High School	Hispanic	94%	1,942
Harlingen High School - South	Hispanic	93.6%	1,571
Harlingen School of Health Professions	Hispanic	92.3%	376
Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville	Hispanic	97.6%	552
Harmony Science Academy - Brownsville	Hispanic	96%	522
Hester Juvenile Detention	Hispanic	100%	24
Horizon Montessori III	Hispanic	93.9%	343
Houston Elementary School	Hispanic	97.2%	467
Hudson Elementary School	Hispanic	97%	666
Idea Academy San Benito	Hispanic	95.6%	799
Idea Brownsville Academy	Hispanic	95.6%	700
Idea Brownsville College Preparatory	Hispanic	97.2%	762
Idea College Preparatory San Benito	Hispanic	95.2%	767
Idea Frontier Academy	Hispanic	98%	818
Idea Frontier College Preparatory	Hispanic	99.2%	759
Idea Harlingen Academy	Hispanic	92.3%	607
Idea Harlingen College Preparatory	Hispanic	92.1%	278
Idea Riverview Academy	Hispanic	96.9%	830
Idea Riverview College Preparatory	Hispanic	99.7%	787
Idea Robindale Academy	Hispanic	94.2%	718
Idea Robindale College Preparatory	Hispanic	93%	487
Idea Sports Park Academy	Hispanic	91.1%	481
Idea Sports Park College Preparatory	Hispanic	86.1%	273
Jefferson Elementary School	Hispanic	96.4%	249
Jo Nelson Middle School	Hispanic	100%	224
Jubilee Brownsville	Hispanic	96.6%	1,010
Jubilee Harlingen	Hispanic	91.7%	422
Jubilee Leadership Academy	Hispanic	96.4%	471
Jubilee Living Way	Hispanic	96.1%	382
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School	Hispanic	98.8%	253
Keller Elementary School	Hispanic	98.5%	532
La Encantada Elementary School	Hispanic	99.6%	481
La Feria Academy	Hispanic	96.6%	29
La Feria High School	Hispanic	98.8%	909
La Paloma Elementary School	Hispanic	98.4%	446
Lamar Elementary School	Hispanic	97.2%	426
Las Yescas Elementary School	Hispanic	99.5%	365
Laureles Elementary School	Hispanic	98%	639
Lee High Means Elementary School	Hispanic	91%	734
Liberty Memorial Middle School	Hispanic	99%	717
Long Elementary School	Hispanic	95.1%	548
Lopez Early College High School	Hispanic	99.6%	1,831
Lopez-Riggins Elementary School	Hispanic	97.7%	514
Los Cuates Middle School	Hispanic	95.7%	809
Los Fresnos Elementary School	Hispanic	94.8%	561
Los Fresnos High School	Hispanic	96.3%	3,272
Lucio Middle School	Hispanic	99.6%	698
Manzano Middle School	Hispanic	98.8%	905
Martin Elementary School	Hispanic	99.1%	438
Memorial Middle School	Hispanic	94.9%	751
Miller Jordan Middle School	Hispanic	99.2%	640
Moises Vela Middle School	Hispanic	93.1%	742
Morningside Elementary School	Hispanic	95.8%	424
Noemi Dominguez Elementary School	Hispanic	97.2%	391
Oliveira Middle School	Hispanic	98.8%	802
Olmito Elementary School	Hispanic	96%	575
Ortiz Elementary School	Hispanic	99.4%	500
Pace Early College High School	Hispanic	99.2%	1,788
Palm Grove Elementary School	Hispanic	97.4%	305
Palmer-Laakso Elementary School	Hispanic	96.4%	495
Paredes Elementary School	Hispanic	96.1%	778
Pena Elementary School	Hispanic	99.2%	472
Perez Elementary School	Hispanic	98.2%	628
Perkins Middle School	Hispanic	98.4%	571
Port Isabel High School	Hispanic	89.1%	606
Port Isabel Junior High School	Hispanic	89.6%	425
Porter Early College High School	Hispanic	99.2%	1,814
Premier High School of Brownsville	Hispanic	97.2%	109
Promesa College Prep Brownsville	Hispanic	99%	192
Pullam Elementary School	Hispanic	96.4%	841
Putegnat Elementary School	Hispanic	95.6%	478
Rancho Verde Elementary School	Hispanic	95.2%	661
Rangerville Elementary School	Hispanic	97.7%	217
Raul Garza Junior Steam Academy	Hispanic	98.2%	455
Resaca Middle School	Hispanic	98%	857
Rgv Youth Recovery Home	Hispanic	100%	6
Rio Hondo Elementary School	Hispanic	94.1%	624
Rio Hondo High School	Hispanic	96.3%	507
Rio Hondo Middle School	Hispanic	96.5%	488
Rivera Early College High School	Hispanic	99.2%	2,254
Roberts Elementary School	Hispanic	96.9%	320
Russell Elementary School	Hispanic	99.2%	486
Sam Houston Elementary School	Hispanic	96.8%	440
San Benito High School	Hispanic	98.8%	2,012
San Benito Riverside Middle School	Hispanic	99.1%	529
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy	Hispanic	98.1%	730
Santa Maria Academic Academy-Options Campus (6-12)	Hispanic	88.9%	9
Santa Maria High School	Hispanic	98.1%	162
Santa Maria Middle School	Hispanic	99.2%	129
Santa Rosa High School	Hispanic	98.6%	289
Secondary Alter Center	Hispanic	95.2%	104
Sharp Elementary School	Hispanic	98.7%	470
Skinner Elementary School	Hispanic	98.8%	333
South Texas ISD Medical Professions	Hispanic	94.2%	858
South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy	Hispanic	86.9%	609
Southmost Elementary School	Hispanic	96.5%	339
Stell Middle School	Hispanic	98.3%	781
Stillman Middle School	Hispanic	98.2%	1,095
Stuart Place Elementary School	Hispanic	92.5%	613
Sullivan Environmental Science Academy	Hispanic	98.5%	341
Tony Gonzalez Elementary School	Hispanic	97.3%	264
Travis Elementary School	Hispanic	96.6%	291
Treasure Hills Elementary School	Hispanic	90.9%	858
Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville	Hispanic	98.4%	126
Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito	Hispanic	99.1%	113
Vela Middle School	Hispanic	97.2%	638
Vermillion Road Elementary School	Hispanic	99.2%	618
Vernon Middle School	Hispanic	95.9%	715
Veterans Memorial Early College High School	Hispanic	97.5%	2,172
Villa Nueva Elementary School	Hispanic	98.3%	361
Villareal Elementary School	Hispanic	94%	465
W. B. Green Junior High School	Hispanic	96.7%	454
Wilson Elementary School	Hispanic	95.4%	393
Yturria Elementary School	Hispanic	98.4%	548
Zavala Elementary School	Hispanic	95.3%	295