Forest Country News

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

Of the 9,962 students attending Nacogdoches County schools, 42% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 34.4% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students also made up the largest ethnic group in Nacogdoches County, comprising 43.2% of the student body.

Nacogdoches High School and Cushing School had the most diverse student body in Nacogdoches 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 1.1%.

“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
Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School	Hispanic	55.7%	598
Central Heights Elementary School	White	67%	482
Central Heights High School	White	70.9%	340
Central Heights Middle School	White	63.4%	257
Chireno Elementary School	White	74.1%	243
Chireno High School	White	77.8%	108
Cushing Elementary School	White	71.6%	257
Cushing School	White	69.4%	294
Douglass School	White	75.6%	426
Emeline Carpenter Elementary School	Black	61.6%	357
Fredonia Elementary School	Hispanic	45.2%	336
Garrison Elementary School	White	61.8%	372
Garrison High School	White	63.1%	225
Garrison Middle School	White	63.4%	172
Margie Chumbley Academy for Success	Hispanic	47.7%	65
Martinsville School	White	66.9%	317
McMichael Middle School	Hispanic	48.7%	1,338
Nacogdoches County DAEP Coop	Black	100%	2
Nacogdoches High School	Hispanic	48.7%	1,753
Raguet Elementary School	White	35.8%	444
Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School	White	67.3%	254
Thomas Junior Rusk Elementary School	Hispanic	71.9%	466
Woden Elementary School	White	71.5%	460
Woden High School	White	74%	215
Woden Junior High School	White	72.4%	181