Tyler Reporter

White students made up the largest ethnic group in Cherokee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 11,160 students attending Cherokee County schools, 48.7% 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 Cherokee County, comprising 49% of the student body.

Jacksonville High School and East Side Elementary School had the most diverse student body in Cherokee County, including white, American Indian, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and multiracial.

In the 2022-23 school year, total public school enrollment in the county increased by 2.5% when compared to the previous year.

“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
Alto Elementary School	White	39.9%	208
Alto High School	White	37.9%	161
Alto Middle School	Hispanic	37.7%	167
Bullard Early Childhood	White	83.5%	309
Bullard Elementary School	White	82.3%	434
Bullard High School	White	84.3%	848
Bullard Intermediate School	White	87.8%	435
Bullard Middle School	White	82.4%	459
Bullard Primary School	White	84.5%	401
Compass Center	Black	41.2%	17
East Side Elementary School	Hispanic	41.1%	615
Fred Douglass	Hispanic	54.7%	623
G.W. Bradford Primary School	White	61.4%	376
Jacksonville High School	Hispanic	57.5%	1,331
Jacksonville Middle School	Hispanic	52.5%	711
Joe Wright Elementary School	Hispanic	52.8%	542
New Summerfield School	Hispanic	85.6%	515
Nichols Intermediate School	Hispanic	57.4%	666
Rusk Elementary School	White	60.8%	288
Rusk High School	White	62.8%	610
Rusk Intermediate School	White	68%	303
Rusk Junior High School	White	62.3%	478
Wells School	White	72.6%	259
West Side Elementary School	Hispanic	55.9%	404