SE Texas Times

There were 36 American Indian students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 25% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hardin County welcomed 11,219 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, American Indian comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Hardin County, Silsbee High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of seven 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lumberton High School	0.2	1,213
Silsbee Elementary School	0.2	1,001
Lumberton Primary School	0.6	963
Lumberton Intermediate School	0.6	938
Silsbee High School	0.9	763
Sour Lake Elementary School	0.1	757
Hardin-Jefferson High School	0.4	726
Lumberton Middle School	0.5	662
Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School	0	634
Henderson Middle School	0	569
China Elementary School	0	552
Lumberton Early Childhood School	0.2	426
Kountze High School	0.9	346
Laura Reeves Primary School	0	320
Kountze Elementary School	0	301
West Hardin Elementary School	0	291
West Hardin High School	0	277
Kountze Middle School	0.8	251
Kountze Intermediate School	0	229