Corpus Christi Sun

Hispanic students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Jim Wells County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 7,509 students attending Jim Wells County schools, 85.6% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 13.3% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Jim Wells County, comprising 85.1% of the student body.

Dubose Elementary School and Schallert Elementary School had the most diverse student body in Jim Wells County, including white, American Indian, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and multiracial.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 1.2%.

“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	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Adams Middle School	Hispanic	90.3%	966
Alice High School	Hispanic	93.8%	1,362
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School	Hispanic	88.5%	260
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School	Hispanic	90.8%	195
Dubose Elementary School	Hispanic	91.8%	525
La Gloria Elementary School	Hispanic	93.9%	114
Noonan Elementary School	Hispanic	92.3%	542
Orange Grove Elementary School	Hispanic	64.2%	386
Orange Grove High School	Hispanic	63.4%	517
Orange Grove Junior High School	Hispanic	57.3%	379
Orange Grove Primary School	Hispanic	64.5%	425
Premont Collegiate High School	Hispanic	96.4%	359
Premont Ernest High Singleton Early College Academy	Hispanic	97.4%	388
Saenz Elementary School	Hispanic	94.5%	528
Schallert Elementary School	Hispanic	86.9%	563