Corpus Christi Sun

The majority of students in Nueces County districts were Hispanic in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 65,814 students attending Nueces County schools, 74% were Hispanic. White students comprised the second-largest ethnic group in the county, making up 17.2% of the student body.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students were also the most represented group in Nueces County districts, comprising 73.6% of the student body.

Trinity Charter School had the most even distribution of races among county districts, with 40.9% white students, 40% Hispanic students, 15.3% Black students, 2.5% multiracial students, 0.9% American Indian students, and 0.3% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county increased 1.4% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Nueces County.

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.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

District	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Agua Dulce ISD	Hispanic	74.8%	408
Banquete ISD	Hispanic	83.9%	843
Bishop CISD	Hispanic	85.9%	1,410
Calallen ISD	Hispanic	65.3%	3,952
Corpus Christi ISD	Hispanic	81.2%	33,387
Corpus Christi Montessori School	Hispanic	70.3%	138
Dr. M.L. Garza-Gonzalez Charter School	Hispanic	88.9%	180
Driscoll ISD	Hispanic	92.3%	287
Flour Bluff ISD	Hispanic	47.6%	5,732
London ISD	Hispanic	54.1%	1,578
Por Vida Academy	Hispanic	89.6%	135
Port Aransas ISD	White	74.4%	546
Promesa Public Schools	Hispanic	92.9%	970
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	Hispanic	65.4%	1,693
Robstown ISD	Hispanic	97.6%	2,543
School of Science and Technology Discovery	Hispanic	54.7%	5,644
Seashore Charter Schools	White	76.3%	464
Trinity Charter School	White	40.9%	320
Tuloso-Midway ISD	Hispanic	82%	3,655
West Oso ISD	Hispanic	87.4%	1,929