East DFW News

There were 53 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Kaufman County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 32.5% more 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in Kaufman County, Jackson Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
North Forney High School	0.2	2,502
Forney High School	0.2	2,272
Crandall High School	0.1	1,707
Terrell High School	0.1	1,466
Kaufman High School	0.2	1,303
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	0	1,168
Mabank High School	0.1	1,111
Rhodes Intermediate School	0.3	995
Norman Junior High School	0	989
Crandall Middle School	0.2	983
Jackson Middle School	0.6	969
Warren Middle School	0.1	903
Rhea Intermediate School	0	833
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	0	815
Criswell Elementary School	0.1	807
Griffin Elementary School	0.1	782
Lewis Elementary School	0.5	763
Henderson Elementary School	0.3	737
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	0	701
Blackburn Elementary School	0.3	697
Johnson Elementary School	0	694
Crosby Elementary School	0.3	682
Central Elementary School	0	675
Brown Middle School	0.3	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	611
Smith Intermediate School	0.3	602
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	0	596
Noble Reed	0	595
Mabank Junior High School	0	590
Lucille Nash Elementary School	0	579
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	0.2	578
Claybon Elementary School	0	575
Kemp High School	0	543
Kemp Primary School	0	503
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	0.2	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	401
Kemp Intermediate School	0	382
Scurry-Rosser High School	0	366
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	0	329
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	0.7	293
Global Leadership Academy	0	241
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	0	39
Gary W. Campbell High School	3.7	27
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	0	14
Kemp Alternative	0	6