SE Texas Times

There were 31 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Jefferson County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 14.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Jefferson County welcomed 40,532 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 72 schools in Jefferson County, West Brook Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of three students each.

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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
West Brook Senior High School	0.1	2,262
Beaumont United High School	0.1	2,131
Memorial High School	0	1,997
Port Neches-Groves High School	0	1,588
Nederland High School	0.1	1,448
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School	0.1	982
Jefferson Middle School	0	879
Wilson Middle School	0.2	806
Vincent Middle School	0	790
Marshall Middle School	0.1	757
Tyrrell Elementary School	0	747
Central Middle School	0.1	741
Bob Hope School - Elementary Campus	0.1	728
Odom Middle School	0	724
Lincoln Middle School	0.1	722
Houston Elementary School	0.1	718
Bob Hope School Beaumont	0.1	695
Regina Howell Elementary School	0.1	682
Port Neches Middle School	0	635
Groves Middle School	0	625
Hamshire-Fannett High School	0	604
Helena Park Elementary School	0	601
Hamshire-Fannett Elementary School	0.2	586
Homer Dr. Elementary School	0	584
Lakeview Elementary School	0	584
Hillcrest Elementary School	0.2	582
Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary School	0	570
Guess Elementary School	0.2	567
Martin Luther King Middle School	0.2	566
Travis Elementary School	0	549
Smith Middle School	0.2	538
Amelia Elementary School	0	532
Curtis Elementary School	0.4	524
Blanchette Elementary School	0	523
Caldwood Elementary School	0.2	516
Dishman Elementary School	0.2	515
Martin Elementary School	0	511
Ehrhart School	0	507
Charlton-Pollard Elementary School	0	501
Dr. Mae E. Jones-Clark Elementary School	0	492
Bob Hope High School	0	485
Hamshire-Fannett Middle School	0	464
Fletcher Elementary School	0	458
Port Acres Elementary School	0	458
Bob Hope School	0	454
Bingman PK	0	452
Fehl-Price Elementary School	0.2	452
Ridgewood Elementary School	0	436
Highland Park Elementary School	0	417
Langham Elementary School	0.2	414
Taft Elementary School	0	390
Groves Elementary School	0	379
Van Buren Elementary School	0	368
Sabine Pass School	0	365
Port Neches Elementary School	0.3	359
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs	0	352
Woodcrest Elementary School	0	303
Hamshire-Fannett Intermediate School	0.3	300
Beaumont ISD Early College High School	0	293
Washington Elementary School	0	236
Lucas PK	0.5	215
Dequeen Elementary School	0	191
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies	0	179
West Groves Early Learning Center	0	107
Paul A. Brown Alternative Center	0	103
Pathways Learning Center	0	88
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies	0	72
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies - Orange	0	70
Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies	0	47
Beaumont New Elementary DAEP	0	7
Alter School	0	5
Jefferson County Youth Academy	0	4