Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 18.9% of Upshur County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

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

By Longview Times

Dec 20, 2024

There were 1,518 Hispanic students enrolled in Upshur County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Upshur County welcomed 8,012 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 18.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Upshur County, Gilmer Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 267 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.

Ethnicities in Upshur County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Upshur County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Gilmer Elementary School	22.6	1,179
Gilmer High School	23.2	815
Robert F. Hunt Elementary School	9.2	574
Gladewater High School	20	459
Bruce Junior High School	22.8	429
Union Grove Elementary School	12.3	406
Gilmer Intermediate School	24.6	402
Ore City Elementary School	24.8	399
Big Sandy Elementary School	15.4	337
New Diana High School	12.7	330
Harmony Elementary School	21.1	313
New Diana Middle School	12.1	282
Harmony High School	23	282
Harmony Junior High School	21.7	258
Ore City High School	22.6	243
Union Grove High School	10.5	229
Big Sandy High School	9.5	189
Ore City Middle School	20.8	183
Harmony Intermediate School	21.2	156
Big Sandy Junior High School	11.7	145
Union Hill High School	14.7	143
Union Grove Junior High School	14.3	126
Sharon A. Richardson Elementary School	19.8	111
Azleway - Big Sandy	45.5	22