East DFW News

There were 12,650 white students enrolled in Kaufman County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Kaufman County welcomed 36,917 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 34.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in Kaufman County, Forney High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 979 students.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
North Forney High School	19.6	2,502
Forney High School	43.1	2,272
Crandall High School	34.4	1,707
Terrell High School	19.4	1,466
Kaufman High School	37.8	1,303
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	19.6	1,168
Mabank High School	68.3	1,111
Rhodes Intermediate School	21.2	995
Norman Junior High School	35.9	989
Crandall Middle School	32.9	983
Jackson Middle School	20.6	969
Warren Middle School	45	903
Rhea Intermediate School	49.3	833
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	13.7	815
Criswell Elementary School	16.2	807
Griffin Elementary School	17.1	782
Lewis Elementary School	18	763
Henderson Elementary School	22.5	737
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	21.3	701
Blackburn Elementary School	25.4	697
Johnson Elementary School	36.5	694
Crosby Elementary School	19.6	682
Central Elementary School	72.3	675
Brown Middle School	17.8	673
J. W. Long Elementary School	19.2	672
Barbara Walker Elementary School	22.5	663
W. A. Martin Elementary School	34.3	644
Mabank Intermediate School	67.9	611
Smith Intermediate School	18.3	602
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	56.9	596
Noble Reed	20.7	595
Mabank Junior High School	68.5	590
Lucille Nash Elementary School	43.7	579
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	22	578
Claybon Elementary School	44.2	575
Kemp High School	55.1	543
Kemp Primary School	53.3	503
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	30.8	494
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	31.6	471
J. W. Monday Elementary School	35	469
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	70	407
Kemp Junior High School	53.9	401
Kemp Intermediate School	55.2	382
Scurry-Rosser High School	73	366
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	21.3	329
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	59.7	293
Global Leadership Academy	41.5	241
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	71.8	39
Gary W. Campbell High School	33.3	27
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	7.1	14
Kemp Alternative	33.3	6