SE Texas Times

Vidor High School had the highest enrollment among Orange County schools, welcoming 1,229 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52.6% of them were boys, and 47.4% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 89.6% of the Vidor High School total enrollment.

Among the 24 schools in Orange County, West Orange-Stark Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,107 students, while Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School welcomed 1,023 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Vidor High School is a part of Vidor ISD, which roughly covers schools within Orange County with its main office in Vidor.

In the previous school year, Vidor High School also had the highest number of students among Orange County schools.

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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Vidor High School	Vidor	1,229
West Orange-Stark Elementary School	Orange	1,107
Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School	Orange	1,023
Bridge City Elementary School	Bridge City	852
Bridge City High School	Bridge City	851
Orangefield Elementary School	Orangefield	848
Bridge City Middle School	Bridge City	726
Bridge City Intermediate School	Bridge City	677
Vidor Junior High School	Vidor	641
West Orange-Stark High School	Orange	633
Little Cypress Elementary School	Orange	624
Vidor Middle School	Vidor	618
Pine Forest Elementary School	Vidor	613
Oak Forest Elementary School	Vidor	585
Vidor Elementary School	Vidor	579
Mauriceville Elementary School	Orange	557
Orangefield High School	Orangefield	529
West Orange-Stark Middle School	Orange	518
Orangefield Junior High School	Orangefield	474
Little Cypress Junior High School	Orange	468
M. B. North Early Childhood Learning Center	Orange	302
Little Cypress Intermediate School	Orange	281
Mauriceville Middle School	Orange	280
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies - Orange	Port Arthur	70