Upper East Texas News

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

Of the 8,554 students attending Lamar County schools, 56.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 18.3% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students also made up the largest ethnic group in Lamar County, comprising 57% of the student body.

Aikin Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the schools in the county, which included 40.9% white students, 26.2% Black students, 17.4% Hispanic students, 13.7% multiracial students, 1.1% Asian students, 0.5% American Indian students, and 0.1% Pacific Islander students.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 0.3%.

“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
Aaron Parker Elementary School	White	67%	270
Aikin Elementary School	White	40.9%	924
Bailey Intermediate School	White	73%	551
Blossom Elementary School	White	81.8%	429
Chisum Elementary School	White	78.6%	604
Chisum High School	White	81.1%	312
Chisum Middle School	White	84.6%	279
Crockett Intermediate School	Black	31.9%	549
Deport Elementary School	White	83.2%	149
Frank Stone Middle School	White	70.4%	547
Givens Early Childhood Center	White	44.7%	94
Justiss Elementary School	Hispanic	34.4%	578
Lamar County Head Start	Black	43.4%	198
North Lamar High School	White	72.6%	671
Paris High School	Black	33.1%	959
Paris Junior High School	White	31.5%	520
Prairiland High School	White	82.6%	281
Prairiland Junior High School	White	85.4%	260
Travis High School of Choice	White	58.7%	46
W. L. Higgins Elementary School	White	69.1%	333