East DFW News

There were 134 American Indian students enrolled in Rockwall County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as in 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, American Indian students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Rockwall County, Rockwall-Heath High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 24 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rockwall-Heath High School	0.8	2,912
Rockwall High School	0.6	2,867
Maurine Cain Middle School	1.4	1,122
Bobby Summers Middle School	0.4	1,020
Herman E. Utley Middle School	0.9	923
J. W. Williams Middle School	0.4	828
Linda Lyon Elementary School	0.5	820
Billie Stevenson Elementary School	0.4	751
Miss May Vernon Elementary School	0.8	735
Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School	0.4	729
Lupe Garcia Elementary School	0.3	712
Anita Scott Elementary School	0.4	712
Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School	0.5	651
Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School	0.5	640
Dorris A. Jones Elementary School	0.5	638
Howard Dobbs Elementary School	0.2	617
W. R. (Bill) Fort Elementary School	0.7	614
Ouida Springer	0.8	598
Sharon Shannon Elementary School	0.3	598
Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School	1.3	548
Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School	0.2	540
Harry Herndon Elementary School	0.6	536
Grace Hartman Elementary School	0.2	520
Celia Hays Elementary School	0.2	517
Nebbie Williams Elementary School	0.2	416
Amanda Rochell Elementary School	1	408
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Fate	0.3	366
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Royse City Elementary School	0	220
Education Center International Academy 3	0	129
Rockwall Quest Academy	0	29