East DFW News

There were 114 American Indian students enrolled in Kaufman County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% 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, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in Kaufman County, only Crandall High School and Forney High School enrolled any American Indian students, welcoming 11 students each in the 2022-23 school year.

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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
North Forney High School	0.2	2,502
Forney High School	0.5	2,272
Crandall High School	0.6	1,707
Terrell High School	0.2	1,466
Kaufman High School	0.7	1,303
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	0.3	1,168
Mabank High School	0.4	1,111
Rhodes Intermediate School	0.6	995
Norman Junior High School	0.2	989
Crandall Middle School	0.3	983
Jackson Middle School	0.3	969
Warren Middle School	0.3	903
Rhea Intermediate School	0	833
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	0.2	815
Criswell Elementary School	0.5	807
Griffin Elementary School	0.5	782
Lewis Elementary School	0.1	763
Henderson Elementary School	0.3	737
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	0	701
Blackburn Elementary School	0.1	697
Johnson Elementary School	0.1	694
Crosby Elementary School	0.3	682
Central Elementary School	0.6	675
Brown Middle School	0.4	673
J. W. Long Elementary School	0	672
Barbara Walker Elementary School	0.2	663
W. A. Martin Elementary School	0.2	644
Mabank Intermediate School	0.3	611
Smith Intermediate School	0.3	602
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	0.8	596
Noble Reed	0	595
Mabank Junior High School	0.2	590
Lucille Nash Elementary School	0.3	579
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	0.3	578
Claybon Elementary School	0.2	575
Kemp High School	0.2	543
Kemp Primary School	0	503
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	0.6	494
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	0.2	471
J. W. Monday Elementary School	0.2	469
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	0	407
Kemp Junior High School	0.5	401
Kemp Intermediate School	0	382
Scurry-Rosser High School	0.3	366
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	0	329
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	0	293
Global Leadership Academy	0	241
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	0	39
Gary W. Campbell High School	0	27
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	0	14
Kemp Alternative	0	6