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Hardin County Education: 944 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

There were 944 Black students enrolled in Hardin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.9% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hardin County welcomed 10,764 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 8.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Hardin County, Silsbee High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 173 students.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

Ethnicities in Hardin County in 2022-23 School Year

White [76.7%]Black [8.8%]Hispanic [9.7%]Ethnicities <5% [4.9%]
Enrollment Demographics in Hardin County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Black students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Lumberton High School0.41,229
Silsbee Elementary School16.61,017
Lumberton Primary School0.5982
Lumberton Middle School0.7969
Silsbee High School21.3814
Sour Lake Elementary School4.8767
Hardin-Jefferson High School16.4749
Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School19.7633
Lumberton Intermediate School0.6622
Henderson Middle School11.5617
Lumberton Early Childhood School0.3392
Kountze High School16.8327
Kountze Elementary School14.1313
Laura Reeves Primary School20.1308
West Hardin Elementary School0.4281
West Hardin High School1.5270
Kountze Intermediate School11.1243
Kountze Middle School13.4231

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