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White students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,251 students attending Brown County schools, 56.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 35.2% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, white students also made up the largest ethnic group in Brown County, comprising 56.4% of the student body.

Brownwood Middle School and Northwest Elementary School had the most diverse student body in Brown County, including white, American Indian, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and multiracial.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 1.7%.

“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
Bangs High School	White	66.1%	242
Bangs Middle School	White	73.2%	198
Blanket School	White	62.9%	140
Brookesmith School	White	84.2%	158
Brownwood Accelerated High School	Hispanic	47.4%	19
Brownwood High School	White	46.9%	943
Brownwood Middle School	White	46.4%	468
Coggin Intermediate School	Hispanic	49.5%	721
Early Elementary School	White	61.9%	239
Early High School	White	66.6%	365
Early Middle School	White	65.9%	258
Early Primary School	White	59.9%	247
East Elementary School	White	47.6%	307
J. B. Stephens Elementary School	White	69.5%	377
May Elementary School	White	74.5%	137
May High School	White	82.2%	129
Mullin Oaks	Hispanic	45.9%	37
Northwest Elementary School	Hispanic	45.5%	495
Premier High School of Comanche/Early	White	62.1%	66
Woodland Heights Elementary School	White	57.2%	488
Zephyr School	White	81.6%	217