Lubbock Times

Of the many ethnicities represented in Lubbock County County schools, Hispanic was the most prevalent ethnicity among Lubbock County County students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 52,545 students attending Lubbock County County schools, 52.2% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 33.9% of Lubbock County County students.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students still were the most common group in Lubbock County County, representing 52.3% of the student body.

Mackenzie Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 63.4% Hispanic students, 15.8% Black students, 15.7% white students, 3% Multi-racial students, 1.6% Asian students, 0.3% American Indian students, and 0.2% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 3.9% when compared to the previous year.

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	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Alderson Elementary School	Black	50.1%	479
Atkins Middle School	Hispanic	69.5%	591
Bayless Elementary School	Hispanic	65.9%	511
Bean Elementary School	Hispanic	92.5%	456
Bennett Elementary School	white	53.8%	873
Brown Elementary School	Hispanic	76.7%	360
Carmona-Harrison Elementary School	Hispanic	85%	528
Cathelene Thomas Elementary School	Hispanic	62%	455
Cavazos Middle School	Hispanic	88.5%	513
Centennial Elementary School	Hispanic	54.8%	635
Commander William C. McCool Academy	Hispanic	56.2%	388
Coronado High School	Hispanic	53.9%	1,958
Crestview Elementary School	white	56.6%	576
Dunbar College Preparatory Academy	Hispanic	49.9%	451
Dupre Elementary School	Hispanic	79.2%	197
Elementary for Education Innovation	Hispanic	42.7%	185
Ervin Elementary School	Black	57.1%	378
Estacado High School	Hispanic	52.8%	909
Evans Middle School	Hispanic	53.8%	838
Frenship High School	Hispanic	46.2%	3,035
Frenship Middle School	Hispanic	46.3%	859
Hardwick Elementary School	Hispanic	59%	568
Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock	Hispanic	58.7%	555
Harwell Elementary School	Hispanic	90.3%	423
Heritage Middle School	white	46.1%	827
Hodges Elementary School	Hispanic	74.2%	275
Homebound	white	51.1%	47
Honey Elementary School	white	51.9%	374
Hutchinson Middle School	Hispanic	51.2%	848
Idalou Elementary School	white	57.4%	404
Idalou High School	white	64.3%	291
Idalou Middle School	white	57.9%	311
Irons Middle School	Hispanic	56.3%	867
L. C. Y. C.	Hispanic	50%	2
Legacy Elementary School	Hispanic	47.2%	460
Lubbock County JJAEP	Black	58.3%	12
Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center	Hispanic	57.8%	45
Lubbock High School	Hispanic	61.4%	1,873
Lubbock-Cooper Bush Middle School	white	53%	992
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School	white	65.4%	798
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School	Hispanic	47.8%	722
Lubbock-Cooper High School	white	52.8%	2,033
Lubbock-Cooper Middle School	white	53%	861
Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy	white	55.8%	77
Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary School	Hispanic	48.2%	757
Lubbock-Cooper South Elementary School	white	56.1%	729
Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School	white	59.7%	621
Mackenzie Middle School	Hispanic	63.4%	607
Maedgen Elementary School	Hispanic	64.3%	311
Matthews Academy	Hispanic	66.3%	95
McWhorter Elementary School	Hispanic	93.6%	549
Miller Elementary School	white	56.1%	647
Monterey High School	Hispanic	63.3%	2,113
New Deal DAEP	Hispanic	100%	4
New Deal Elementary School	Hispanic	57.3%	267
New Deal High School	Hispanic	46.9%	226
New Deal Middle School	Hispanic	50%	228
North Ridge Elementary School	Hispanic	56.1%	718
Oak Ridge Elementary School	white	43.5%	605
Overton Elementary School	Hispanic	62.1%	306
Parsons Elementary School	Hispanic	68.4%	364
Premier High School of Lubbock	Hispanic	60.2%	201
Priority Intervention Academy	Hispanic	58.5%	176
Ramirez Elementary School	Hispanic	68.1%	474
Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock	Hispanic	67.3%	147
Rise Academy	Black	74.1%	305
Roberts Elementary School	Hispanic	61.6%	516
Roosevelt Elementary School	Hispanic	55.2%	489
Roosevelt High School	Hispanic	59.4%	335
Roosevelt Junior High School	Hispanic	60.7%	290
Rush Elementary School	Hispanic	49.4%	318
Shallowater Elementary School	white	65.7%	353
Shallowater High School	white	67.3%	492
Shallowater Intermediate School	white	68.6%	379
Shallowater Middle School	white	63.8%	517
Slaton High School	Hispanic	69%	377
Slaton ISD DAEP	Hispanic	66.7%	3
Slaton Junior High School	Hispanic	63.2%	285
Slaton Middle School	Hispanic	79.7%	384
Smith Elementary School	white	44.5%	580
Stephen F. Austin Primary School	Hispanic	63.2%	163
Stewart Elementary School	Hispanic	71.7%	389
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders	Hispanic	45.9%	438
Terra Vista Middle School	Hispanic	62.3%	912
Texas Tech University K-12	white	58.5%	977
Triumph Public High Schools-Lubbock	Hispanic	81.5%	178
Upland Heights Elementary School	white	49.2%	845
Waters Elementary School	Hispanic	58.5%	501
Wester Elementary School	Hispanic	59.5%	378
Westwind Elementary School	Hispanic	62.5%	568
Wheelock Elementary School	Hispanic	74%	312
Whiteside Elementary School	white	44.5%	497
Williams Elementary School	Hispanic	61.3%	331
Willow Bend Elementary School	Hispanic	67.9%	599
Wilson Elementary School	white	58.4%	579
Wolffarth Elementary School	Hispanic	82.6%	270