Central Texas News

Hispanic students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Hays County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 44,160 students attending Hays County schools, 56.5% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 35.5% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Hays County, comprising 56% of the student body.

Dripping Springs Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the schools in the county, which included 61.6% white students, 28.2% Hispanic students, 5.9% multiracial students, 4% Asian students, 0.2% Black students, 0.1% American Indian students, and 0.1% Pacific Islander students.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 2.1%.

“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	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Alter Impact Center	Hispanic	75.9%	79
Armando Chapa Middle School	Hispanic	74.3%	672
Blanco Vista Elementary School	Hispanic	70.9%	718
Blue Hole Primary School	White	67%	669
Bonham Pre-K School	Hispanic	74.1%	410
Bowie Elementary School	Hispanic	79.2%	577
Buda Elementary School	Hispanic	53.8%	589
Camino Real Elementary School	Hispanic	92.3%	904
Carpenter Hill Elementary School	White	55.9%	597
Crockett Elementary School	Hispanic	53.8%	487
Cypress Springs Elementary School	White	72.8%	665
D. J. Red Simon Middle School	Hispanic	87%	824
Danforth Junior High School	White	68.6%	625
Dezavala Elementary School	Hispanic	88.2%	591
Doral Academy of Texas	Hispanic	56.4%	346
Dr. T. C. McCormick Junior Middle School	Hispanic	78%	1,116
Dripping Springs Elementary School	White	61.6%	1,059
Dripping Springs High School	White	70%	2,484
Dripping Springs Middle School	White	71.2%	920
Elm Grove Elementary School	White	58.3%	703
Eric Dahlstrom Middle School	White	58.4%	873
Goodnight Middle School	Hispanic	82%	867
Hemphill Elementary School	Hispanic	78%	615
Hernandez Elementary School	Hispanic	64.6%	531
Idea Kyle Academy	Hispanic	77.6%	674
Idea Kyle College Preparatory	Hispanic	81%	630
Jack C. Hays High School	Hispanic	60.6%	2,191
Jacob's Well Elementary School	White	69%	552
Junior Highw Inspire Academy - Hays County	Black	46.4%	28
Katherine Anne Porter School	White	76.4%	123
Ki Charter Academy	White	50%	194
Kyle Elementary School	Hispanic	59.6%	616
Laura B. Negley Elementary School	White	48.8%	1,016
Laura B. Wallace Middle School	Hispanic	69.2%	785
Lehman High School	Hispanic	83%	2,099
Live Oak Academy	Hispanic	70.1%	194
Mendez Elementary School	Hispanic	86.1%	540
Miller Middle School	Hispanic	63%	908
Moe and Gene Johnson High School	Hispanic	61.3%	2,802
Olympia Hills	White	72.7%	22
Pathfinder Camp	White	46.2%	13
R. C. Barton Middle School	Hispanic	49.3%	841
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School	Hispanic	66.6%	751
Rodriguez Elementary School	Hispanic	71.3%	436
Rooster Springs Elementary School	White	69.6%	763
San Marcos High School	Hispanic	73.2%	2,494
Science Hall Elementary School	Hispanic	81.7%	665
Susie Fuentes Elementary School	Hispanic	67.7%	753
Sycamore Springs Elementary School	White	70.5%	715
Sycamore Springs Middle School	White	72.6%	1,016
Texas Preparatory School	Hispanic	54.1%	61
Tobias Elementary School	Hispanic	65.4%	726
Tom Green Elementary School	Hispanic	76.6%	594
Travis Elementary School	Hispanic	72.8%	470
Uhland Elementary School	Hispanic	97.1%	797
Walnut Springs Elementary School	White	71.8%	916
Wimberley High School	White	69.6%	854