Atascosa County Education: 6,201 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

By Winter Garden Today

Dec 16, 2024

There were 6,201 Hispanic students enrolled in Atascosa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Atascosa County welcomed 8,179 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 75.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Atascosa County, Pleasanton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 696 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.

Ethnicities in Atascosa County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Atascosa County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pleasanton Elementary School	72.7	958
Pleasanton High School	71.3	944
Pleasanton Junior High School	70.9	772
Pleasanton Primary School	73.8	695
Poteet Elementary School	91	544
Lytle Elementary School	84.7	541
Poteet High School	87.8	508
Jourdanton Elementary School	64.7	468
Jourdanton High School	57	442
Poteet Junior High School	85.7	413
Jourdanton Junior High School	64.2	377
Lytle Primary School	85.3	374
Poteet Intermediate School	88.2	372
Jourdanton Early Childhood Center	56.1	285
Charlotte Elementary School	83.1	207
Charlotte High School	84.6	130
Charlotte Middle School	88.5	96
Jourdanton DAEP	72.7	11
Lytle DAEP	100	10
Pleasanton ISD School of Choice	100	9
Atascosa Juvenile Detention Center	100	8
Atascosa County Juvenile Justice Center	66.7	6
Atascosa County Alter	100	6
Atascosa County Alter	100	3