Upper East Texas News

There were 462 Hispanic students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 10.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cass County welcomed 5,408 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 8.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Cass County, Hughes Springs Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 73 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Atlanta Primary School	8	597
Hughes Springs Elementary School	13.5	541
Atlanta High School	10.8	510
Atlanta Elementary School	8.4	427
Atlanta Middle School	11.4	377
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	5.2	364
Linden Elementary School	8.7	334
Hughes Springs High School	12.6	333
Queen City High School	3.3	301
Hughes Springs Junior High School	9.6	272
Morris Upchurch Middle School	5.6	270
Bloomburg School	5.8	241
Linden-Kildare High School	7.9	164
McLeod Elementary School	4.6	153
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	14.3	140
Avinger School	5.8	137
McLeod Middle School	3	133
McLeod High School	0	114