East DFW News

There were 2,619 Black students enrolled in Rockwall County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Rockwall County welcomed 22,716 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 11.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Rockwall County, Rockwall-Heath High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 335 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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rockwall-Heath High School	11.5	2,912
Rockwall High School	9.9	2,867
Maurine Cain Middle School	8.9	1,122
Bobby Summers Middle School	13.8	1,020
Herman E. Utley Middle School	13.3	923
J. W. Williams Middle School	9.3	828
Linda Lyon Elementary School	16.3	820
Billie Stevenson Elementary School	14.6	751
Miss May Vernon Elementary School	15	735
Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School	4.5	729
Lupe Garcia Elementary School	15.4	712
Anita Scott Elementary School	14.9	712
Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School	6.6	651
Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School	10.2	640
Dorris A. Jones Elementary School	13.9	638
Howard Dobbs Elementary School	10.2	617
W. R. (Bill) Fort Elementary School	15.1	614
Ouida Springer	7.7	598
Sharon Shannon Elementary School	8.9	598
Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School	20.8	548
Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School	7	540
Harry Herndon Elementary School	8.8	536
Grace Hartman Elementary School	8.1	520
Celia Hays Elementary School	7.2	517
Nebbie Williams Elementary School	4.8	416
Amanda Rochell Elementary School	26.2	408
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Fate	13.4	366
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Royse City Elementary School	17.7	220
Education Center International Academy 3	4.7	129
Rockwall Quest Academy	17.2	29