How many Hispanic students were enrolled in Cherokee County schools in 2022-23 school year?

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

By Tyler Reporter

Dec 16, 2024

There were 3,928 Hispanic students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% 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, Hispanic students comprised 35.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Cherokee County, Jacksonville High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 765 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Jacksonville High School	57.5	1,331
Bullard High School	8.7	848
Jacksonville Middle School	52.5	711
Nichols Intermediate School	57.4	666
Fred Douglass	54.7	623
East Side Elementary School	41.1	615
Rusk High School	19.7	610
Joe Wright Elementary School	52.8	542
New Summerfield School	85.6	515
Rusk Junior High School	20.5	478
Bullard Middle School	8.3	459
Bullard Intermediate School	6.7	435
Bullard Elementary School	7.8	434
West Side Elementary School	55.9	404
Bullard Primary School	9.5	401
G.W. Bradford Primary School	16.2	376
Bullard Early Childhood	10.4	309
Rusk Intermediate School	15.5	303
Rusk Elementary School	22.6	288
Wells School	10.4	259
Alto Elementary School	35.1	208
Alto Middle School	37.7	167
Alto High School	34.8	161
Compass Center	35.3	17