SE Texas Times

Hardin County enrolled 9,871 students in the 2022-2023 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is 796 fewer than the year before.

Hardin County was ranked 73rd in enrollment among Texas counties.

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.

School	Number of Students in 2022-2023 year	% Change From Previous School Year
Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School	633	-0.2%
Hardin-Jefferson High School	749	3.2%
Henderson Middle School	617	8.4%
Kountze Elementary School	313	4%
Kountze High School	327	-5.5%
Kountze Intermediate School	243	6.1%
Laura Reeves Primary School	308	-3.8%
Lumberton High School	1,229	1.3%
Lumberton Intermediate School	622	-33.7%
Lumberton Middle School	969	46.4%
Lumberton Primary School	982	2%
Silsbee Elementary School	1,017	1.6%
Silsbee High School	814	6.7%
Sour Lake Elementary School	767	1.3%
West Hardin Elementary School	281	-3.4%