Forest Country News

Lufkin High School had the highest enrollment among Angelina County schools, welcoming 2,135 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.2% of the students were girls, and 49.8% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Lufkin High School students was Hispanic, accounting for 45% of the student population.

Among the 40 schools in Angelina County, Lufkin Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,487 students, while Hudson High School welcomed 797 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Lufkin High School is a part of Lufkin ISD, which roughly covers schools within Angelina County with its main office in Lufkin.

In the previous school year, Lufkin High School also had the highest number of students among Angelina County schools.

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.

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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Lufkin High School	Lufkin	2,135
Lufkin Middle School	Lufkin	1,487
Hudson High School	Lufkin	797
W. F. Peavy Primary School	Lufkin	696
Hudson Middle School	Lufkin	646
Central Elementary School	Pollok	633
W. H. Bonner Elementary School	Lufkin	621
Diboll High School	Diboll	521
Slack Elementary School	Lufkin	520
Sarah Strinden Elementary School	Lufkin	515
Huntington High School	Huntington	499
Huntington Elementary School	Huntington	482
Central Junior High School	Pollok	440
Brandon Elementary School	Lufkin	394
Central High School	Pollok	385
Dunbar Primary School	Lufkin	383
Huntington Middle School	Huntington	371
Burley Primary School	Lufkin	369
Garrett Primary School	Lufkin	349
Diboll Junior High School	Diboll	349
H. G. Temple Intermediate School	Diboll	347
H. G. Temple Elementary School	Diboll	314
Kurth Primary School	Lufkin	264
Herty Primary School	Lufkin	262
Pineywoods Community Academy High School	Lufkin	257
Trout Primary School	Lufkin	252
Brookhollow Elementary School	Lufkin	250
Anderson Elementary School	Lufkin	243
Huntington Intermediate School	Huntington	228
Dr. Terry Robbins Middle School	Lufkin	225
Coston Elementary School	Lufkin	204
Zavalla Elementary School	Zavalla	163
Zavalla High School	Zavalla	160
Diboll Primary School	Diboll	133
Stubblefield Learning Center	Lufkin	35
Pride Alter School	Huntington	13
Stubblefield Learning Center	Lufkin	8
Juvenile Detention Center	Lufkin	6
Stubblefield Learning Center	Diboll	5
Stubblefield Learning Center	Pollok	5