I'm in the same book needing a laptop under $300.
Here are two I am looking at
https://a.co/d/11qxj4g
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASUS-VivoBook-15-6-1080p-PC-Laptops-Intel-Core-i3-4GB-RAM-128GB-SSD-Windows-11-Home-in-S-Mode-Slate-Gray-F515EA-WS31/910966761