Longview Times

There were 26 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Gregg County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 18.2% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 37 schools in Gregg County, Longview High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Longview High School	0.2	2,170
Pine Tree High School	0.2	1,319
Kilgore High School	0	1,164
East Texas Montessori Prep Academy	0.2	1,028
Foster Middle School	0.1	809
Sabine Elementary School	0	734
Pine Tree Junior High School	0.3	709
Pine Tree Middle School	0.1	708
Birch Elementary School	0.1	696
Parkway Elementary School	0	678
Spring Hill High School	0	641
Judson Steam Academy	0.2	621
Hudson Elementary School	0	559
Weldon Elementary School	0	529
Pine Tree Primary School	0.2	501
Spring Hill Primary School	0	492
Spring Hill Junior High School	0.2	479
Bramlette Steam Academy	0	476
Sabine High School	0	466
Spring Hill Intermediate School	0	459
Forest Park Magnet School	0.4	453
J. L. Everhart Magnet Elementary School	0	449
Johnston-McQueen Elementary School	0	434
White Oak High School	0.5	416
Ware Elementary School	0.2	401
Gladewater Middle School	0.3	400
Ned E. Williams Elementary School	0.3	377
Gladewater Primary School	0	367
Sabine Middle School	0	363
White Oak Intermediate School	0	350
White Oak Middle School	0.3	343
White Oak Primary School	0	295
Clarence W. Bailey Elementary School	0.3	287
UT Tyler University Academy at Longview	0.4	266
Lead Academy High School	0	191
Dan Chadwick Campus	0	136
Juvenile Detention Center	0	19