Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 48.7% of Cherokee County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

By Tyler Reporter

Feb 3, 2025

There were 5,432 white students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cherokee County welcomed 11,160 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 48.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Cherokee County, Bullard High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 715 students.

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 Cherokee County in 2022-23 School Year

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

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Jacksonville High School	24	1,331
Bullard High School	84.3	848
Jacksonville Middle School	27.4	711
Nichols Intermediate School	27.2	666
Fred Douglass	24.7	623
East Side Elementary School	36.1	615
Rusk High School	62.8	610
Joe Wright Elementary School	21.6	542
New Summerfield School	11.8	515
Rusk Junior High School	62.3	478
Bullard Middle School	82.4	459
Bullard Intermediate School	87.8	435
Bullard Elementary School	82.3	434
West Side Elementary School	22	404
Bullard Primary School	84.5	401
G.W. Bradford Primary School	61.4	376
Bullard Early Childhood	83.5	309
Rusk Intermediate School	68	303
Rusk Elementary School	60.8	288
Wells School	72.6	259
Alto Elementary School	39.9	208
Alto Middle School	22.8	167
Alto High School	37.9	161
Compass Center	11.8	17