Enrollment Analysis: Indian students comprised 0.3% of Smith County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

By Tyler Reporter

Jan 1, 2025

There were 107 American Indian students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Smith County welcomed 37,283 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 61 schools in Smith County, only Lindale High School and Tyler Legacy High School enrolled any American Indian students, welcoming seven students each in the 2022-23 school year.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. 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 said.

Ethnicities in Smith County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Smith County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Tyler Legacy High School	0.3	2,594
Tyler High School	0.3	2,164
Whitehouse High School	0.3	1,532
Lindale High School	0.6	1,265
Moore Mst Magnet School	0.5	1,113
Chapel Hill High School	0.1	1,063
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	0.2	981
Three Lakes Middle School	0.2	873
Hubbard Middle School	0.2	869
Boulter Middle School	0	853
Whitehouse Junior High School	0.5	776
Woods Elementary School	0.7	756
Lindale Junior High School	0.4	711
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	0	696
Orr Elementary School	0.6	694
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	0.3	685
Rice Elementary School	0.1	680
Griffin Elementary School	0.6	671
Owens Elementary School	0.2	665
Wise Elementary School	0.3	630
Dixie Elementary School	0.2	616
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	0	612
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	0.5	597
Caldwell Arts Academy	0.5	593
Douglas Elementary School	0.2	585
Tyler Classical Academy	0.2	582
Cumberland High School	0.3	580
Winona Elementary School	0.2	565
Ramey Elementary School	0.2	541
Velma Penny Elementary School	0.9	541
Bell Elementary School	0.2	533
Troup Elementary School	0.6	520
College Street Elementary	0	518
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	0.2	515
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	0.4	515
Cumberland Academy	0.2	511
Chapel Hill Junior High School	0	502
Birdwell School	0	477
Arp Elementary School	0.4	473
Early Childhood Center	0.9	453
Jackson Elementary School	0	417
Bonner Elementary School	0.2	415
Peete Elementary School	0.2	414
Tyler ISD Early College High School	0.2	402
UT Tyler University Academy at Tyler	0.8	378
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	0	369
Clarkston Elementary School	0.3	363
Cumberland Academy Middle	0	352
Jones Elementary School	0	345
T. J. Austin Elementary School	0	334
Troup High School	0	319
The Leadership Academy	0.3	301
Arp High School	0	293
Cumberland Academy Upper Middle	0	293
Winona High School	0	288
Winona Middle School	0.4	251
Troup Middle School	0.8	248
Arp Junior High School	0	219
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	0	93
Premier High School of Tyler	0	79
Azleway - Willow Bend	0	10