East DFW News

Hispanic students comprised the most prevalent ethnic group in Kaufman County schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 37,395 students attending Kaufman County schools, 38.5% were Hispanic. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 32.3% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students also made up the largest ethnic group in Kaufman County, comprising 37.2% of the student body.

Henderson Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the schools in the county, which included 43.5% Black students, 23.1% white students, 22.2% Hispanic students, 6.2% multiracial students, 4.1% Asian students, 0.5% American Indian students, and 0.4% Pacific Islander students.

When compared to the previous school year, total public school enrollment in the county dropped 0.7%.

“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	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total enrollment
Barbara Walker Elementary School	Black	39.4%	653
Blackburn Elementary School	Black	45%	580
Brown Middle School	Black	55.6%	656
Central Elementary School	White	70.5%	711
Claybon Elementary School	White	41.8%	553
Crandall High School	Hispanic	40%	1,819
Crandall Middle School	Hispanic	39.2%	1,036
Criswell Elementary School	Hispanic	64.8%	891
Crosby Elementary School	Black	49.8%	480
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	Hispanic	55.1%	564
Forney High School	White	41%	2,351
Forney Learning Academy	Black	46.8%	126
Gary W. Campbell High School	White	59.1%	22
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	Hispanic	53.8%	684
Global Leadership Academy	White	41.8%	208
Griffin Elementary School	Black	47.4%	604
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	Hispanic	61.3%	470
Henderson Elementary School	Black	43.5%	563
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	Hispanic	56.2%	1,154
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	Black	48%	502
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	Hispanic	65.4%	497
J. W. Long Elementary School	Hispanic	64.3%	745
J. W. Monday Elementary School	Hispanic	57.6%	481
Jackson Middle School	Black	42.4%	993
Johnson Elementary School	White	37.5%	637
Kaufman High School	Hispanic	56.8%	1,321
Kemp Alternative	Hispanic	46.2%	13
Kemp High School	White	55.8%	554
Kemp Intermediate School	White	51.3%	429
Kemp Junior High School	White	48.9%	415
Kemp Primary School	White	48.9%	556
Lewis Elementary School	Black	54.4%	805
Lucille Nash Elementary School	Hispanic	48%	636
Mabank High School	White	68%	1,150
Mabank Intermediate School	White	65%	606
Mabank Junior High School	White	63.2%	636
Noble Reed	Hispanic	56.1%	701
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	White	51.4%	555
Norman Junior High School	Hispanic	56.4%	951
North Forney High School	Black	48.7%	2,434
Rhea Intermediate School	White	43.6%	846
Rhodes Intermediate School	Black	42.6%	985
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	White	61.1%	285
Scurry-Rosser High School	White	72.8%	357
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	White	65.8%	404
Smith Intermediate School	Black	60%	693
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	Hispanic	50%	34
Terrell High School	Hispanic	58.6%	1,467
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	White	44.4%	27
W. A. Martin Elementary School	Hispanic	62.9%	585
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	Hispanic	51.9%	372
Warren Middle School	White	42.4%	927
Willett Elementary School	White	38.6%	671