In 2022-23 school year, Hispanic students had highest representation in Fort Bend County schools

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

By SW Houston News

Oct 28, 2024

Hispanic students made up the largest ethnic group in Fort Bend County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 184,721 students attending Fort Bend County schools, 30.6% were Hispanic. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 22% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Fort Bend County, comprising 30.6% of the student body.

Donald Leonetti Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 29.3% Black students, 26.8% white students, 18.2% Hispanic students, 16.7% Asian students, 8.2% multiracial students, 0.6% American Indian students, and 0.2% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 4.4% when compared to the previous year.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in 2022-23 Enrollment in Fort Bend County

Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Fort Bend County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Adams Junior High School	White	39.9%	1,761
Alternative Learning Center	Hispanic	58.3%	120
Anne McCormick Sullivan Elementary School	Asian	69.9%	1,218
Arizona Fleming Elementary School	Hispanic	60.5%	504
Arrow Academy - Liberation Academy	Black	78.9%	261
Austin Parkway Elementary School	Asian	45.4%	711
B. F. Terry High School	Hispanic	76.7%	1,739
Barbara Jordan Elementary School	Black	37%	492
Barrington Place Elementary School	Asian	44.3%	384
Beasley Elementary School	Hispanic	77.9%	366
Beckendorff Junior High School	Asian	36.9%	1,731
Bentley Elementary School	White	31.2%	1,135
Bess Campbell Elementary School	White	63.2%	454
Billy Baines Middle School	Hispanic	27.8%	1,296
Blue Ridge Elementary School	Black	64.3%	263
Bonnie Holland Elementary School	Asian	36.4%	862
Bowie Elementary School	Hispanic	88.2%	466
Brazos Bend Elementary School	Asian	42.6%	739
Brazos Elementary School	Hispanic	58.1%	353
Briargate Elementary School	Black	69%	345
Briscoe Junior High School	White	30.8%	1,914
Campbell Elementary School	White	29%	1,545
Carolyn and Vernon Madden Elementary School	Asian	61.7%	969
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	Hispanic	50.7%	835
Cinco Ranch High School	White	38.9%	3,656
Cinco Ranch Junior High School	White	34.6%	1,510
Clements High School	Asian	54.6%	2,560
Colony Bend Elementary School	Asian	37.9%	580
Colony Meadows Elementary School	Asian	49.6%	643
Commonwealth Elementary School	Asian	72.3%	954
Cora Thomas Elementary School	Hispanic	38.3%	601
Cornerstone Elementary School	Asian	72.6%	934
David Crockett Middle School	Black	41.4%	1,119
Davinci	Hispanic	50%	6
Dean Leaman Junior High School	White	35.2%	2,191
Depelchin-Richmond	Black	45.5%	11
Don Carter Elementary School	Hispanic	27.2%	913
Donald Leonetti Elementary School	Black	29.3%	1,231
Dr. Lynn Armstrong Elementary School	Hispanic	73.7%	438
Dr. Thomas E. Randle High School	Hispanic	46.5%	1,246
Dulles Elementary School	Black	37.8%	645
Dulles High School	Asian	40.3%	2,364
Dulles Middle School	Black	27.2%	1,359
E. A. Jones Elementary School	Hispanic	52%	479
Edgar Glover Junior Elementary School	Black	72.6%	380
Edna Mae Fielder Elementary School	Hispanic	39%	955
Ferndell Henry Center for Learning	Black	44.1%	188
First Colony Middle School	Asian	43.6%	1,234
Fletcher Morgan Elementary School	White	53.6%	722
Fort Bend County Alter	Black	69.2%	26
Fort Bend County Alter	Hispanic	73.7%	19
Fort Settlement Middle School	Asian	63.2%	1,498
Foster High School	Hispanic	31.4%	2,388
Fred and Patti Shafer Elementary School	Asian	35.4%	1,091
Frost Elementary School	White	41.8%	1,046
Fulshear High School	White	36.5%	2,464
George Bush High School	Hispanic	40.5%	2,605
George Junior High School	Hispanic	79%	1,173
George Ranch High School	White	35.1%	2,511
Griffin Elementary School	White	40.9%	821
H. F. McNeill Elementary School	Black	32.4%	821
Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar Land	Asian	39.1%	1,339
Harmony School of Innovation - Katy	Black	33.6%	590
Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land	Asian	39.2%	830
Harmony Science Academy-Katy	Black	41.3%	1,289
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land	Asian	43.4%	735
Harry Wright Junior High School	Hispanic	46.7%	1,316
Heritage Rose Elementary School	Hispanic	60%	1,209
Highlands Elementary School	Asian	27.6%	588
Hightower High School	Black	58.3%	2,535
Hodges Bend Middle School	Hispanic	51.1%	849
Huggins Elementary School	White	46.9%	893
Hunters Glen Early Literacy Center	Black	69.7%	290
Hunters Glen Elementary School	Black	78.3%	240
Iltexas Katy Westpark High School	Hispanic	54.3%	786
Irma Dru Hutchison Elementary School	Black	29.1%	554
Jackson Elementary School	Hispanic	81.6%	293
James Bowie Middle School	Black	29%	1,639
James C. Neill Elementary School	Asian	31.7%	1,076
James E. Randolph Elementary School	White	53.1%	1,078
James E. Williams Elementary School	Hispanic	42.1%	936
James Patterson Elementary School	Black	46.4%	771
Jan Schiff Elementary School	Asian	36.7%	871
Jane Long Elementary School	Hispanic	64.8%	579
Jenks Elementary School	Hispanic	37.6%	1,434
Joe Hubenak Elementary School	Black	27.6%	1,214
Joella Exley Elementary School	White	36.1%	954
John Arredondo Elementary School	Hispanic	43.2%	695
Jordan High School	White	34.5%	2,745
Juan Seguin Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	80%	220
Juan Seguin Elementary School	Black	45.9%	896
Judge James C. Adolphus Elementary School	White	37.7%	971
Juvenile Detention Center	Black	56.8%	37
KIPP Academy West Middle	Black	53.8%	446
KIPP Journey Collegiate School	Hispanic	56.3%	615
KIPP Journey Primary School	Hispanic	44.5%	920
KIPP Unity Primary School	Black	61.5%	877
Kathleen Joerger Lindsey Elementary School	White	37.8%	1,131
Katy High School	White	42.9%	3,330
Keiko Davidson Elementary School	Asian	43%	1,065
Kempner High School	Hispanic	37.5%	1,945
Lake Olympia Middle School	Black	55.1%	1,170
Lakeview Elementary School	Asian	29.4%	306
Lamar Cons High School	Hispanic	53.9%	1,762
Lamar Junior High School	Hispanic	51.9%	1,246
Lantern Lane Elementary School	Black	51.9%	472
Lawrence E. Elkins High School	Asian	40.4%	2,654
Lexington Creek Elementary School	Asian	31.3%	521
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School	Hispanic	63.4%	721
Macario Garcia Middle School	Asian	50.1%	1,376
Malala Yousafzai	Asian	71%	1,093
Manford Williams Elementary School	Black	31.4%	706
Mary Austin Holley Elementary School	Hispanic	51.9%	653
Meadows Elementary School	Hispanic	42.4%	443
Meyer Elementary School	Hispanic	60.5%	704
Mission Bend Elementary School	Hispanic	60.3%	315
Mission Glen Elementary School	Hispanic	39.5%	370
Mission West Elementary School	Hispanic	67.7%	523
Missouri City Middle School	Black	59.2%	963
Needville Elementary School	Hispanic	49.1%	1,129
Needville High School	Hispanic	47.1%	1,067
Needville Junior High School	Hispanic	48%	538
Needville Middle School	Hispanic	49.3%	819
Oakland Elementary School	Black	30.3%	919
Odessa Kilpatrick Elementary School	Asian	36.7%	1,041
Oyster Creek Elementary School	Asian	33.8%	795
Palmer Elementary School	Black	48.9%	744
Pecan Grove Elementary School	White	48.9%	763
Quail Valley Elementary School	Black	38.3%	564
Quail Valley Middle School	Asian	34.1%	1,043
Ray and Jamie Wolman Elementary School	White	65.2%	859
Reading Junior High School	White	38.3%	1,588
Ridge Point High School	White	28.3%	3,170
Ridgegate Elementary School	Hispanic	71%	449
Ridgemont Early Literacy Center	Hispanic	60.3%	463
Ridgemont Elementary School	Hispanic	66.9%	332
Rita Drabek Elementary School	Asian	53.8%	669
Roberta Wright Rylander Elementary School	Hispanic	36.2%	1,088
Rodger & Ellen Beck Junior High School	White	44.2%	1,259
Ronald Thornton Middle School	Black	33.9%	1,529
Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School	Asian	40.3%	1,008
Rosa Parks Elementary School	Black	62.1%	651
Sartartia Middle School	Asian	57.8%	1,440
Scanlan Oaks Elementary School	White	35.3%	1,052
School of Science and Technology Sugarland	Black	63.6%	774
Settlers Way Elementary School	Asian	44.7%	815
Seven Lakes High School	White	33.3%	3,595
Seven Lakes Junior High School	Asian	36.6%	1,630
Sienna Crossing Elementary School	White	34.3%	937
Smith Elementary School	Hispanic	71.2%	368
Stafford Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	47.8%	496
Stafford Elementary School	Hispanic	53.7%	1,077
Stafford High School	Hispanic	47.4%	1,064
Stafford Middle School	Hispanic	48.5%	771
Stafford STEM Magnet Academy	Asian	50.2%	233
Stanley C. Stanley Elementary School	Asian	41.4%	935
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School	White	34.8%	652
Stephen F. Austin High School	Asian	47.6%	2,277
Sue Creech Elementary School	White	40.2%	873
Sugar Land Middle School	Hispanic	37.6%	1,050
Sugar Mill Elementary School	Hispanic	36.9%	640
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School	White	55.6%	547
T. L. Pink Elementary School	Hispanic	80.7%	486
Tamarron Elementary School	Hispanic	46.7%	1,069
Taylor Ray Elementary School	Hispanic	85.5%	560
Tays Junior High School	Asian	37.9%	1,508
Thomas R. Culver Elementary School	Hispanic	58.9%	1,011
Thurgood Marshall High School	Black	63.1%	1,542
Tom Wilson Elementary School	Hispanic	32.5%	1,148
Tompkins High School	White	31.5%	2,908
Townewest Elementary School	Hispanic	71.8%	543
Travis Elementary School	Hispanic	81.9%	426
Walker Station Elementary School	Asian	41.9%	816
Walter Moses Burton Elementary School	Black	63.2%	451
William B. Travis High School	Asian	28.1%	3,205
William Velasquez	Hispanic	43.1%	497
Willowridge High School	Hispanic	53.7%	1,319
Woodcreek Elementary School	Asian	33.8%	1,327
Woodcreek Junior High School	White	48.3%	1,568