East DFW News

There were 5,882 Hispanic students enrolled in Rockwall County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% 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, Hispanic students comprised 25.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Rockwall County, Rockwall-Heath High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 804 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rockwall-Heath High School	27.6	2,912
Rockwall High School	19.8	2,867
Maurine Cain Middle School	28.4	1,122
Bobby Summers Middle School	35.1	1,020
Herman E. Utley Middle School	22.5	923
J. W. Williams Middle School	18.2	828
Linda Lyon Elementary School	16.6	820
Billie Stevenson Elementary School	18	751
Miss May Vernon Elementary School	25.9	735
Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School	15.2	729
Lupe Garcia Elementary School	25.4	712
Anita Scott Elementary School	31	712
Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School	14	651
Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School	19.2	640
Dorris A. Jones Elementary School	55	638
Howard Dobbs Elementary School	45.5	617
W. R. (Bill) Fort Elementary School	32.4	614
Ouida Springer	33.9	598
Sharon Shannon Elementary School	23.9	598
Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School	25	548
Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School	21.9	540
Harry Herndon Elementary School	45.9	536
Grace Hartman Elementary School	18.5	520
Celia Hays Elementary School	17.4	517
Nebbie Williams Elementary School	14.9	416
Amanda Rochell Elementary School	39.5	408
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Fate	27.3	366
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Royse City Elementary School	29.1	220
Education Center International Academy 3	17.8	129
Rockwall Quest Academy	44.8	29