Upper East Texas News

There were five Pacific Islander students enrolled in Titus County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 150% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Titus County welcomed 7,115 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Titus County, P. E. Wallace Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mount Pleasant High School	0.1	1,521
Mount Pleasant Junior High School	0	760
Harts Bluff Elementary School	0	690
P. E. Wallace Middle School	0.3	658
Annie Sims Elementary School	0	493
Chapel Hill Elementary School	0.2	483
E. C. Brice Elementary School	0	460
Child Development Center	0	452
Vivian Fowler Elementary School	0.2	404
Frances Corprew Elementary School	0	402
Chapel Hill High School	0	342
Chapel Hill Junior High School	0	236
Harts Bluff Early College High School	0	178
Mount Pleasant DAEP	0	36