South San Antonio News

There were 387 Black students enrolled in Medina County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 43.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Medina County welcomed 12,303 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Medina County, Medina Valley High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 121 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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Medina Valley High School	5.6	2,147
Medina Valley Middle School	5	1,029
Potranco Elementary School	8.1	847
Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle School	9.2	790
Lacoste Elementary School	3.9	744
Castroville Elementary School	0.6	644
Devine High School	0.9	577
John Junior Ciavarra Elementary School	0.9	540
Hondo High School	1.7	522
Lytle High School	0	487
Meyer Elementary School	0.4	446
Devine Middle School	0.7	435
Devine Intermediate School	0.7	432
McDowell Middle School	0.5	420
Lytle Junior High School	0.5	398
Newell E. Woolls Intermediate School	1.8	384
Natalia High School	0.3	331
Natalia Elementary School	0	323
D'Hanis School	0	284
Natalia Junior High School	0	260
Natalia Early Child Center	0.4	256
Devine DAEP School	0	7