Amarillo Gazette

There were 23,419 white students enrolled in Bell County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Bell County welcomed 77,572 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 30.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 124 schools in Bell County, Belton High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,211 students.

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	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Harker Heights High School	25.4	2,677
C. E. Ellison High School	14.2	2,658
Belton High School	47.4	2,554
Robert M. Shoemaker High School	12.2	2,259
Temple High School	21.8	2,254
Killeen High School	16.1	2,187
Lake Belton High School	56.4	1,593
Gateway College Preparatory School	58.5	1,534
Roy Junior Smith Middle School	15	1,357
Nolan Middle School	28.6	1,132
Killeen Elementary School	10.3	1,036
Pershing Park Elementary School	11.1	1,023
Thomas Arnold Elementary School	66.7	1,017
Charles E. Patterson Middle School	16.8	1,014
Clifton Park Elementary School	19	1,005
Killeen ISD Early College High School	20.1	1,001
Skipcha Elementary School	32.5	973
Alice W. Douse Elementary School	23.5	969
Reeces Creek Elementary School	11.4	892
North Belton Middle School	51.5	891
Saegert Elementary School	18.6	882
Chisholm Trail Elementary School	37.7	877
Palo Alto Middle School	11.9	835
Timber Ridge Elementary School	17.4	831
Mountain View Elementary School	29.1	829
Haynes Elementary School	14.5	825
Lake Belton Middle School	59.7	818
Iduma Elementary School	12.3	816
Meadows Elementary School	39.6	803
Audie Murphy Middle School	32.7	802
Liberty Hill Middle School	17	800
Rancier Middle School	9.2	785
Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School	16.1	770
Trimmier Elementary School	7.7	769
Thornton Elementary School	17.7	755
Willow Springs Elementary School	12.6	754
Live Oak Ridge Middle School	12.4	735
Tarver Elementary School	42.6	734
Belton Middle School	51.7	719
Maude Moore Wood Elementary School	24.6	695
Pat Carney Elementary School	16.5	695
Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School	37.2	690
Lakewood Elementary School	71.7	688
Salado High School	72	676
Harker Heights Elementary School	21.5	673
Clear Creek Elementary School	31.4	666
South Belton Middle School	32.1	666
Manor Middle School	9.8	660
Union Grove Middle School	27.9	646
Bonham Middle School	28.1	643
Travis Science Academy	14.9	638
Ira Cross Junior Elementary School	12	631
Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School	48.1	630
Brookhaven Elementary School	17.2	629
Hay Branch Elementary School	9.2	629
High Point Elementary School	64.6	628
Sparta Elementary School	66.8	627
Venable Village Elementary School	17.4	622
Maxdale Elementary School	14.3	616
Eastern Hills Middle School	19.4	613
Nolanville Elementary School	30.1	604
Cedar Valley Elementary School	15.7	599
Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School	35.3	595
Clarke Elementary School	35.7	561
Charter Oak Elementary School	46.3	555
Salado Middle School	71.1	544
Montague Village Elementary School	39.1	534
Lamar Middle School	19.7	532
Peebles Elementary School	10.8	529
Jefferson Elementary School	25.5	513
Raye-Allen Elementary School	22.2	510
Academy High School	66.5	495
Scott Elementary School	30.1	462
Academy Elementary	62	461
Troy High School	62.3	454
Belton Early Childhood School	40.1	441
Western Hills Elementary School	28.5	432
Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School	58.9	416
Academy Junior High	61.9	415
Raymond Mays Middle School	67.5	412
Kennedy-Powell Elementary School	30.5	407
Rogers Elementary School	64.9	404
Southwest Elementary School	14.5	401
Bartlett Schools	26.1	395
Hector P. Garcia Elementary School	6.1	394
Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy	17.3	393
Academy Intermediate	64.2	388
Pathways Academic Campus	15.2	355
Troy Elementary School	59.2	355
Cater Elementary School	28.4	324
Richard Milburn Academy Odessa	17	318
Holland Elementary School	71.8	312
Temple Charter Academy	37.4	310
Rogers High School	62.9	294
Miller Heights Elementary School	33	276
Cove Charter Academy	31.7	246
Leon Heights Elementary School	51.3	228
Holland High School	63.3	210
Richard Milburn Academy Corpus Christi	15.6	199
Rogers Middle School	66	197
Richard Milburn Academy Amarillo	48.9	182
Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth	22.3	179
Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban)	0	160
Cedar Park Charter Academy	43.3	157
Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock	11.6	147
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)	11	146
Richard Milburn Academy Midland South	23.6	144
Gateway High School	8.9	135
Holland Middle School	71.1	135
Kingsland School	72.8	125
Georgetown Charter Academy	43.9	123
Richard Milburn Academy Pasadena	2.6	116
Fred W. Edwards Academy Aec	26.4	110
Nolan Creek School	58.5	106
Gateway Tech High School	62.8	78
Wheatley Alternative Education Center	9.5	74
New Horizons	59.4	64
Gateway Middle School	8.3	48
Elementary Alter Learning Center	0	20
Adventhealth School	14.3	14
Bell County DAEP	60	5
Killeen JJAEP	0	4
Bell County JJAEP	50	2
Scott & White Hospital	0	2