Corpus Christi Sun

There were 138 Asian students enrolled in San Patricio County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that San Patricio County welcomed 13,550 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in San Patricio County, Gregory-Portland High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 33 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Gregory-Portland High School	2.3	1,464
Gregory-Portland Middle School	2.5	1,124
Andrews Elementary School	1.4	636
Ingleside High School	0.5	633
Sinton High School	0.7	610
Clark Elementary School	1	596
East Cliff Elementary School	4.3	580
Welder Elementary School	0.2	574
Austin Elementary School	1.3	537
Ingleside Primary School	0.4	495
H. T. Faulk Elementary School	0.4	483
Aransas Pass High School	0.7	457
Sinton Elementary School	0.4	449
Gilbert Junior Mircovich Elementary School	0.9	448
Mathis High School	0	434
E. Merle Smith Middle School	0.2	428
Mathis Elementary School	0.2	409
A. C. Blunt Middle School	0	387
Woodroe Petty Elementary School	0	381
Charlie Marshall Elementary School	1.1	373
Mathis Intermediate School	0.6	323
Mathis Middle School	0	319
Odem High School	0.4	279
Taft High School	0	242
Odem Elementary School	0	233
Ricardo L. Trevino Junior High School	0	199
Odem Intermediate School	0	197
Odem Junior High School	0	188
Coastal Horizons Academy	0	62
Juvenile Detention Center	0	10