Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com
Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com
Data showed that Cameron County welcomed 87,185 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 2.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 146 schools in Cameron County, South Texas ISD Health Professions recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 222 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.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
Enrollment Demographics in Cameron County Schools During 2021-22 School Year
| School name | % of white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Los Fresnos High School | 3.2 | 3,197 |
| Hanna Early College High School | 1.3 | 2,336 |
| Rivera Early College High School | 0.7 | 2,306 |
| San Benito High School | 0.6 | 2,054 |
| Veterans Memorial Early College High School | 1.8 | 2,016 |
| Harlingen High School | 5.8 | 1,999 |
| Pace Early College High School | 0.5 | 1,939 |
| Lopez Early College High School | 0.4 | 1,896 |
| Porter Early College High School | 0.5 | 1,844 |
| Harlingen High School - South | 6.3 | 1,581 |
| Stillman Middle School | 1.6 | 1,115 |
| Faulk Middle School | 0.7 | 1,059 |
| Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy | 5.3 | 1,055 |
| Garcia Middle School | 0.4 | 948 |
| South Texas ISD Health Professions | 23.6 | 940 |
| Manzano Middle School | 0.7 | 903 |
| La Feria High School | 2 | 892 |
| South Texas ISD Medical Professions | 3.1 | 864 |
| Resaca Middle School | 1.6 | 862 |
| Los Cuates Middle School | 3.9 | 847 |
| Gutierrez Middle School | 6.2 | 834 |
| Benavides Elementary School | 0.6 | 830 |
| Oliveira Middle School | 0.4 | 827 |
| Stell Middle School | 0.2 | 819 |
| Treasure Hills Elementary School | 8.1 | 817 |
| Berta Cabaza Middle School | 0.7 | 813 |
| Pullam Elementary School | 1.3 | 793 |
| Memorial Middle School | 4 | 791 |
| Paredes Elementary School | 1.4 | 783 |
| South Texas ISD Science Academy | 7.5 | 764 |
| Moises Vela Middle School | 7.2 | 763 |
| Lee High Means Elementary School | 6 | 749 |
| Lucio Middle School | 0.1 | 745 |
| Vernon Middle School | 4.6 | 744 |
| Liberty Memorial Middle School | 1.9 | 734 |
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy | 0.4 | 730 |
| Miller Jordan Middle School | 1 | 699 |
| Coakley Middle School | 3.9 | 695 |
| Champion Elementary School | 1.9 | 691 |
| Canales Elementary School | 2.1 | 679 |
| Perkins Middle School | 0.5 | 666 |
| Rancho Verde Elementary School | 4.4 | 660 |
| Hudson Elementary School | 2 | 653 |
| Stuart Place Elementary School | 5.5 | 651 |
| Gonzalez Elementary School | 0.5 | 643 |
| Vela Middle School | 0.8 | 639 |
| Perez Elementary School | 0.6 | 633 |
| Vermillion Road Elementary School | 1.1 | 632 |
| Dr. Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School | 7.2 | 621 |
| South Texas ISD Preparatory Academy | 5.9 | 614 |
| Port Isabel High School | 7.2 | 609 |
| Rio Hondo Elementary School | 4.1 | 605 |
| Cash Elementary School | 0.8 | 600 |
| Burns Elementary School | 3.3 | 598 |
| Laureles Elementary School | 1.4 | 589 |
| Besteiro Middle School | 0 | 585 |
| San Benito Riverside Middle School | 0.7 | 571 |
| Breeden Elementary School | 1.1 | 568 |
| Bonham Elementary School | 3 | 562 |
| Olmito Elementary School | 2.7 | 562 |
| Aiken Elementary School | 1.8 | 547 |
| Long Elementary School | 4 | 547 |
| Yturria Elementary School | 2.8 | 543 |
| Egly Elementary School | 1.5 | 535 |
| South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy | 6.2 | 535 |
| Dora Romero Elementary School | 2.2 | 534 |
| South Texas ISD World Scholars | 6 | 534 |
| Keller Elementary School | 1 | 522 |
| Lopez-Riggins Elementary School | 1.7 | 520 |
| Rio Hondo High School | 2.9 | 516 |
| Russell Elementary School | 0.6 | 512 |
| Los Fresnos Elementary School | 5.1 | 511 |
| Ortiz Elementary School | 0.2 | 508 |
| Brite Elementary School | 3.5 | 486 |
| Palmer-Laakso Elementary School | 3.9 | 484 |
| Rio Hondo Middle School | 2.9 | 480 |
| Cromack Elementary School | 3.2 | 475 |
| Putegnat Elementary School | 4 | 473 |
| Pena Elementary School | 0.4 | 467 |
| Castaneda Elementary School | 2.6 | 466 |
| W. B. Green Junior High School | 1.3 | 465 |
| Garriga Elementary School | 5.2 | 461 |
| Martin Elementary School | 0 | 460 |
| Derry Elementary School | 7 | 459 |
| La Encantada Elementary School | 0.2 | 454 |
| Lamar Elementary School | 2.4 | 452 |
| Sharp Elementary School | 1.3 | 452 |
| Raul Garza Junior Steam Academy | 1.1 | 450 |
| Houston Elementary School | 1.1 | 448 |
| Port Isabel Junior High School | 5.8 | 445 |
| Villareal Elementary School | 2.5 | 442 |
| Fred Booth | 1.8 | 439 |
| La Paloma Elementary School | 0.7 | 422 |
| Gallegos Elementary School | 0 | 419 |
| Garden Park Elementary School | 1.2 | 416 |
| Morningside Elementary School | 4.6 | 416 |
| Ben Milam Elementary School | 2 | 409 |
| Noemi Dominguez Elementary School | 3.2 | 408 |
| Sam Houston Elementary School | 2.7 | 408 |
| Wilson Elementary School | 4.7 | 403 |
| Las Yescas Elementary School | 0.5 | 390 |
| Villa Nueva Elementary School | 0.8 | 375 |
| Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary School | 0 | 368 |
| Elma E. Barrera Elementary School | 0.5 | 364 |
| Harlingen School of Health Professions | 7.2 | 359 |
| Sullivan Environmental Science Academy | 1.7 | 356 |
| C. E. Vail Elementary School | 3.1 | 353 |
| Brownsville Early College High School | 1.1 | 352 |
| David G. Sanchez Elementary School | 4.8 | 351 |
| Dishman Elementary School | 1.2 | 346 |
| Palm Grove Elementary School | 0.3 | 344 |
| Elementary Jardin Elementary School | 2.3 | 342 |
| Skinner Elementary School | 0.3 | 337 |
| Harlingen Collegiate High School | 5.4 | 333 |
| Downs Fine Arts Academy | 2.7 | 332 |
| Austin Elementary School | 6.4 | 328 |
| Bowie Elementary School | 0.9 | 319 |
| Southmost Elementary School | 2.2 | 316 |
| Zavala Elementary School | 2.4 | 297 |
| Crockett Elementary School | 1.7 | 294 |
| Travis Elementary School | 1.7 | 290 |
| Roberts Elementary School | 1 | 286 |
| Santa Rosa High School | 1.1 | 283 |
| Garza Elementary School | 2.2 | 270 |
| Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School | 0.4 | 268 |
| Del Castillo Elementary School | 4.3 | 258 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 0 | 257 |
| Tony Gonzalez Elementary School | 0.4 | 255 |
| Rangerville Elementary School | 1.8 | 221 |
| Jo Nelson Middle School | 0 | 202 |
| Santa Maria High School | 0.6 | 154 |
| Santa Maria Middle School | 0 | 122 |
| Gateway To Graduation Academy | 1.3 | 80 |
| Secondary Alter Center | 3.8 | 79 |
| Hester Juvenile Detention | 2.9 | 34 |
| La Feria Academy | 0 | 34 |
| Cameron County JJAEP | 0 | 17 |
| Cameron County JJAEP | 0 | 16 |
| Edna Tamayo House | 14.3 | 14 |
| Santa Maria Academic Academy-Options Campus (6-12) | 0 | 13 |
| Cameron County JJAEP | 0 | 11 |
| Rgv Youth Recovery Home | 0 | 10 |
| Amador R. Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp | 0 | 8 |
| Ami Kids Rio Grande Valley (Fka Rgmi) | 16.7 | 6 |
| Cameron County JJAEP | 0 | 2 |
| Cameron County JJAEP | 0 | 2 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Pena Elementary• Ben Milam Elementary• Lucio Middle• Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary• Putegnat Elementary• Secondary Alternative Center• La Encantada Elementary• Dishman Elementary School• Crockett Elementary• Sharp Elementary• Santa Rosa High School• Downs Elementary• Santa Maria Middle• Zavala Elementary• Vernon Middle• Gutierrez Middle• Rancho Verde Elementary School• Olmito Elementary School• Roberts Elementary• Utrgv• San Benito Riverside Middle• San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy• Garriga Elementary• Rio Hondo Middle• Moises Vela Middle• Palmer-Laakso Elementary School• Villareal Elementary School• Champion Elementary• Cameron County Jjaep• C.e. Vail Elementary• Port Isabel Junior High• Noemi Dominguez Elementary• Jo Nelson Middle• Gallegos Elementary• Perez Elementary• Benavides Elementary• Stillman Middle• Canales Elementary• Martin Elementary• Ami Kids Rio Grande Valley (fka Rgmi)• Garcia Middle• South Texas High School for Health Professions• David G. Sanchez Elementary• Cameron County Jjaep• Breeden Elementary• Elementary Jardin Elementary• Harlingen School of Health Professions• The Science Academy of South Texas• La Feria Academy• Wilson Elementary• Castaneda Elementary• Rio Hondo Elementary• Los Fresnos High School• Lee H. Means Elementary• Palm Grove Elementary• San Benito High School• Los Cuates Middle• Miller Jordan Middle• Liberty Memorial Middle School• Porter Early College High School• Oliveira Middle• Pace Early College High School• Villa Nueva Elementary• Coakley Middle• Vermillion Road Elementary• Besteiro Middle• Egly Elementary• Stell Middle• Travis Elementary• Ortiz Elementary• Lopez Early College High School• Garden Park Elementary• La Feria High School• Edna Tamayo House• Paredes Elementary• South Texas Business Education & Technology Academ• Brownsville Early College High School• Texas State Executive - State Board of Education• Memorial Middle• Burns Elementary• Derry Elementary• Berta Cabaza Middle• Rising Scholars Academy of South Texas• Bowie Elementary• Laureles Elementary School• Skinner Elementary• Brite Elementary• Hanna Early College High School• Lopez-Riggins Elementary• Tony Gonzalez Elementary• Aiken Elementary• Southmost Elementary• South Texas Academy for Medical Professions• Pullam Elementary• Dr Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy• Sam Houston Elementary• Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary• Santa Maria High School• Russell Elementary• Rio Hondo High School• Elma E. Barrera Elementary• Austin Elementary• Gateway To Graduation Academy• Stuart Place Elementary• Bonham Elementary• Hudson Elementary• Morningside Elementary• Dora Romero Elementary School• Santa Maria Academic Academy-Options Campus (6-12)• Rgv Youth Recovery Home• Fred Booth• Keller Elementary• Yturria Elementary• South Texas Preparatory Academy• Treasure Hills Elementary• W.b. Green Junior High• Amador R. Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp• Lamar Elementary• Harlingen High School - South• Hester Juvenile Detent• Long Elementary• Veterans Memorial Early College High School• Port Isabel High School• La Paloma Elementary• Jefferson Elementary• Rangerville Elementary• Raul Garza Junior Steam Academy• Faulk Middle• Gonzalez Elementary• Las Yescas Elementary School• Houston Elementary• Resaca Middle• Del Castillo Elementary• Perkins Middle• Rivera Early College High School• Dr. Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School• Manzano Middle• Harlingen High School• Cameron County Jjaep• Cromack Elementary• Sullivan Elementary• Vela Middle• Cash Elementary• Los Fresnos Elementary
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