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Hardin County Education: 36 American Indian students were enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com

Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com

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.

Ethnicities in Hardin County in 2021-22 School Year

White [76.7%]Black [9.0%]Hispanic [9.6%]Ethnicities <5% [4.7%]
Enrollment Demographics in Hardin County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of American Indian students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Lumberton High School0.21,213
Silsbee Elementary School0.21,001
Lumberton Primary School0.6963
Lumberton Intermediate School0.6938
Silsbee High School0.9763
Sour Lake Elementary School0.1757
Hardin-Jefferson High School0.4726
Lumberton Middle School0.5662
Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School0634
Henderson Middle School0569
China Elementary School0552
Lumberton Early Childhood School0.2426
Kountze High School0.9346
Laura Reeves Primary School0320
Kountze Elementary School0301
West Hardin Elementary School0291
West Hardin High School0277
Kountze Middle School0.8251
Kountze Intermediate School0229

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