Longview Times

There were 6,700 Hispanic students enrolled in Gregg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 32.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 37 schools in Gregg County, Longview High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 890 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Longview High School	41	2,170
Pine Tree High School	38.4	1,319
Kilgore High School	36.9	1,164
East Texas Montessori Prep Academy	41.5	1,028
Foster Middle School	43.9	809
Sabine Elementary School	24.4	734
Pine Tree Junior High School	38.2	709
Pine Tree Middle School	36.7	708
Birch Elementary School	34.5	696
Parkway Elementary School	35.4	678
Spring Hill High School	20	641
Judson Steam Academy	26.7	621
Hudson Elementary School	31.7	559
Weldon Elementary School	17	529
Pine Tree Primary School	31.7	501
Spring Hill Primary School	19.5	492
Spring Hill Junior High School	19.8	479
Bramlette Steam Academy	36.8	476
Sabine High School	20.4	466
Spring Hill Intermediate School	19.2	459
Forest Park Magnet School	51.9	453
J. L. Everhart Magnet Elementary School	45.4	449
Johnston-McQueen Elementary School	24	434
White Oak High School	11.1	416
Ware Elementary School	64.3	401
Gladewater Middle School	17.8	400
Ned E. Williams Elementary School	38.5	377
Gladewater Primary School	18	367
Sabine Middle School	24	363
White Oak Intermediate School	8.9	350
White Oak Middle School	8.7	343
White Oak Primary School	12.2	295
Clarence W. Bailey Elementary School	58.2	287
UT Tyler University Academy at Longview	19.2	266
Lead Academy High School	36.1	191
Dan Chadwick Campus	21.3	136
Juvenile Detention Center	21.1	19