Hill Country Chronicle

There were 669 Hispanic students enrolled in Blanco County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Blanco County welcomed 1,810 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 37% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Blanco County, Blanco Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 180 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Blanco Elementary School	37	487
Blanco High School	46.8	355
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School	31.9	304
Lyndon B. Johnson High School	27.9	247
Blanco Middle School	43.5	246
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	29.2	171