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There were 6,339 students enrolled in Brown County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

At the time, Brown County had the 87th largest enrollment in the state.

Data also showed that white students made up 56.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Brown County schools, followed by Hispanic students at 35.2%, Black students at 3.4%, Asian students at 0.8%, American Indian students at 0.2%, Pacific Islander students at 0.1% and multiracial students at 4%.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school district. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, 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 stated in an interview.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Bangs High School	247	242	-2%
Bangs Middle School	197	198	0.5%
Blanket School	142	140	-1.4%
Brookesmith School	144	158	9.7%
Brownwood Accelerated High School	15	19	26.7%
Brownwood High School	971	943	-2.9%
Brownwood Middle School	485	468	-3.5%
Coggin Intermediate School	708	721	1.8%
Early Elementary School	255	239	-6.3%
Early High School	366	365	-0.3%
Early Middle School	272	258	-5.1%
Early Primary School	262	247	-5.7%
East Elementary School	316	307	-2.8%
J. B. Stephens Elementary School	418	377	-9.8%
Lone Star High School West	52	88	69.2%
May Elementary School	120	137	14.2%
May High School	134	129	-3.7%
Mullin Oaks	40	37	-7.5%
Northwest Elementary School	460	495	7.6%
Premier High School of Comanche/Early	90	66	-26.7%
Woodland Heights Elementary School	488	488	0%
Zephyr School	227	217	-4.4%