Upper East Texas News

There were 42 Asian students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 17.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hopkins County welcomed 6,756 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Asian comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 16 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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sulphur Springs High School	1.3	1,221
Sulphur Springs Middle School	0.8	1,017
Como-Pickton School	0.7	725
Sulphur Springs Elementary School	1	621
Barbara Bush Primary School	0.3	336
Bowie Primary School	1.3	317
North Hopkins Elementary School	0	306
Rowena Johnson Primary School	0.3	301
Miller Grove School	0.3	299
Travis Primary School	0	272
Saltillo School	0	244
Douglass Eclc	0	230
North Hopkins High School	0	229
Cumby High School	0	223
Cumby Elementary School	0	212
Sulphur Bluff ISD	0	203