South San Antonio News

Hispanic students made up the largest ethnic group in Medina County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 12,303 students attending Medina County schools, 66.3% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 27% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Medina County, comprising 66.8% of the student body.

Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 60.8% Hispanic students, 23.7% white students, 9.2% Black students, 4.6% multiracial students, 1.5% Asian students, 0.1% American Indian students, and 0.1% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 6.4% when compared to the previous year.

“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
Castroville Elementary School	Hispanic	58.4%	644
D'Hanis School	White	56.3%	284
Devine DAEP School	Hispanic	85.7%	7
Devine High School	Hispanic	66.6%	577
Devine Intermediate School	Hispanic	63.9%	432
Devine Middle School	Hispanic	67.4%	435
Hondo High School	Hispanic	73.6%	522
John Junior Ciavarra Elementary School	Hispanic	67.2%	540
Lacoste Elementary School	Hispanic	69%	744
Lytle High School	Hispanic	84%	487
Lytle Junior High School	Hispanic	79.4%	398
McDowell Middle School	Hispanic	70.2%	420
Medina Valley High School	Hispanic	62.5%	2,147
Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle School	Hispanic	60.8%	790
Medina Valley Middle School	Hispanic	60.9%	1,029
Meyer Elementary School	Hispanic	55.2%	446
Natalia Early Child Center	Hispanic	76.6%	256
Natalia Elementary School	Hispanic	90.7%	323
Natalia High School	Hispanic	85.8%	331
Natalia Junior High School	Hispanic	83.5%	260
Newell E. Woolls Intermediate School	Hispanic	54.2%	384
Potranco Elementary School	Hispanic	62.2%	847