Upper East Texas News

There were 4,010 white students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.4% 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, white comprised 59.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 650 students.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sulphur Springs High School	53.2	1,221
Sulphur Springs Middle School	56.5	1,017
Como-Pickton School	52.8	725
Sulphur Springs Elementary School	56.2	621
Barbara Bush Primary School	63.7	336
Bowie Primary School	69.4	317
North Hopkins Elementary School	71.9	306
Rowena Johnson Primary School	58.8	301
Miller Grove School	80.9	299
Travis Primary School	24.3	272
Saltillo School	65.6	244
Douglass Eclc	37	230
North Hopkins High School	65.9	229
Cumby High School	78	223
Cumby Elementary School	83.5	212
Sulphur Bluff ISD	82.3	203