South Brazoria News

There were 190 American Indian students enrolled in Brazoria County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 24% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Brazoria County welcomed 73,013 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, American Indian comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 95 schools in Brazoria County, Brazoswood High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 11 students.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School name	% of American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pearland High School	0.3	3,257
Manvel High School	0.2	2,941
Alvin High School	0.1	2,853
Shadow Creek High School	0.2	2,571
Glenda Dawson High School	0.2	2,516
Brazoswood High School	0.5	2,371
Angleton High School	0.5	1,996
Angleton Junior High School	0.3	1,544
Robert Turner College and Career High School	0.3	1,156
Westside Elementary School	0.5	1,056
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Junior High School	0.2	1,015
Fairview Junior High School	0.2	951
Leon High Sablatura Middle School	0.2	946
Alvin Junior High School	0.1	936
Brazosport High School	0.3	914
Manvel Junior High School	0.3	908
Pearland Junior High West	0	907
Lake Jackson Intermediate School	0.4	898
Pearland Junior High South	0.4	892
Magnolia Elementary School	0.1	887
Pearland Junior High East	0	865
Nolan Ryan Junior High School	0	854
Columbia High School	0	848
Clute Intermediate School	0.4	841
Sweeny Elementary School	0.4	840
Rodeo Palms Junior High School	0.4	819
Glenn York Elementary School	0.2	817
Don Jeter Elementary School	0.2	815
Meridiana Elementary School	0.5	809
Sam Jamison Middle School	0.1	807
Berry Miller Junior High School	0.6	800
E. A. Lawhon Elementary School	0.1	797
Pomona Elementary School	0.3	776
Rasco Middle School	0.7	759
Savannah Lakes Elementary School	0.8	758
Alexander Middle School	0.1	754
Barbara Cockrell Elementary School	0	739
Rogers Middle School	0.5	735
Shirley Dill Brothers Elementary School	0	734
Jackie Doucet Caffey Junior High School	0.3	732
Bel Nafegar Sanchez Elementary School	0	721
West Brazos Junior High School	0.8	712
E. C. Mason Elementary School	0.1	703
Mary Burks Marek Elementary School	0.6	698
Mark Twain Elementary School	0	692
Bess Brannen Elementary School	0	691
West Columbia Elementary School	0.1	684
Hood-Case Elementary School	0.1	682
H. C. Carleston Elementary School	0.3	681
Rustic Oak Elementary School	0	679
Laura Ingalls Wilder	0.6	660
Alvin Elementary School	0.3	654
Silvercrest Elementary School	0	645
Massey Ranch Elementary School	0.2	639
Bill Hasse Elementary School	0.3	638
T. W. Ogg Elementary School	0.2	619
Bob and Betty Nelson Elementary School	0	612
Red Duke Elementary School	0.2	611
Melba Passmore Elementary School	0	594
Challenger Elementary School	0	589
C. J. Harris Elementary School	0.2	585
Sweeny High School	0	582
Silverlake Elementary School	0	568
A. P. Beutel Elementary School	0.4	566
Shadycrest Elementary School	0.7	563
O. M. Roberts Elementary School	0.2	558
Freeport Elementary School	0.2	529
G. W. Harby Junior High School	0.6	527
Griffith Elementary School	0.2	518
Central Elementary School	0.6	490
R. L. Stevenson Primary School	0	488
Frontier Elementary School	0.2	479
Northside Elementary School	0.9	446
S. F. Austin Elementary	0.5	432
Sweeny Junior High School	0	431
Freeport Intermediate School	0.7	428
Walt Disney Elementary School	0	420
Gladys Polk Elementary School	0.3	399
Barrow Elementary School	0	389
Rancho Isabella Elementary School	0.3	381
Danbury Elementary School	0	340
Southside Elementary School	0	339
O'Hara Lanier Middle School	0.6	337
Velasco Elementary School	0.7	290
Wild Peach Elementary School	0	286
Danbury High School	0.4	257
Danbury Middle School	0	177
Elisabet Ney Pre-Kindergarten Campus	0	173
Damon Elementary School	0	116
Rise	0	96
Brazos Success Academy	1.2	81
Lighthouse Learning Center - DAEP	0	65
Brazoria County Juvenile Detention	0	34
Student Alternative Center	0	16
Lighthouse Learning Center - JJAEP	0	9