Longview Times

There were 7,967 white students enrolled in Gregg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Gregg County welcomed 20,785 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 38.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 37 schools in Gregg County, Kilgore High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 509 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Longview High School	20	2,170
Pine Tree High School	32.8	1,319
Kilgore High School	43.7	1,164
East Texas Montessori Prep Academy	13.3	1,028
Foster Middle School	15.8	809
Sabine Elementary School	66.6	734
Pine Tree Junior High School	32	709
Pine Tree Middle School	34.9	708
Birch Elementary School	36.2	696
Parkway Elementary School	30.2	678
Spring Hill High School	61.5	641
Judson Steam Academy	26.2	621
Hudson Elementary School	40.1	559
Weldon Elementary School	55	529
Pine Tree Primary School	35.1	501
Spring Hill Primary School	60.4	492
Spring Hill Junior High School	59.3	479
Bramlette Steam Academy	14.9	476
Sabine High School	71.2	466
Spring Hill Intermediate School	61.2	459
Forest Park Magnet School	9.7	453
J. L. Everhart Magnet Elementary School	12.7	449
Johnston-McQueen Elementary School	34.6	434
White Oak High School	78.4	416
Ware Elementary School	5	401
Gladewater Middle School	52.8	400
Ned E. Williams Elementary School	6.9	377
Gladewater Primary School	49.9	367
Sabine Middle School	66.7	363
White Oak Intermediate School	80.9	350
White Oak Middle School	82.5	343
White Oak Primary School	77.3	295
Clarence W. Bailey Elementary School	6.6	287
UT Tyler University Academy at Longview	68.8	266
Lead Academy High School	18.8	191
Dan Chadwick Campus	70.6	136
Juvenile Detention Center	31.6	19