SE Texas Times

There were 2,088 Hispanic students enrolled in Orange County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 10.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Orange County welcomed 15,015 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 13.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Orange County, West Orange-Stark Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 221 students.

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 name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Vidor High School	8.1	1,229
West Orange-Stark Elementary School	20	1,107
Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School	12.3	1,023
Bridge City Elementary School	19.6	852
Bridge City High School	17.5	851
Orangefield Elementary School	9.6	848
Bridge City Middle School	19.4	726
Bridge City Intermediate School	18.8	677
Vidor Junior High School	9.7	641
West Orange-Stark High School	20.2	633
Little Cypress Elementary School	10.3	624
Vidor Middle School	7.6	618
Pine Forest Elementary School	8.6	613
Oak Forest Elementary School	8.7	585
Vidor Elementary School	10.2	579
Mauriceville Elementary School	13.8	557
Orangefield High School	10	529
West Orange-Stark Middle School	23.9	518
Orangefield Junior High School	11	474
Little Cypress Junior High School	13.7	468
M. B. North Early Childhood Learning Center	25.8	302
Little Cypress Intermediate School	11	281
Mauriceville Middle School	12.1	280