Upper East Texas News

There were 4,046 white students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hopkins County welcomed 6,834 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 59.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 670 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sulphur Springs High School	53	1,263
Sulphur Springs Middle School	54.5	974
Como-Pickton School	53.3	734
Sulphur Springs Elementary School	55.1	639
Barbara Bush Primary School	59.9	342
Bowie Primary School	70.2	319
Miller Grove School	82	317
Rowena Johnson Primary School	57.8	315
North Hopkins Elementary School	72	289
Travis Primary School	22.5	267
Saltillo School	66.9	248
North Hopkins High School	67.8	227
Sulphur Bluff ISD	78	227
Douglass Eclc	43.1	225
Cumby High School	81.9	216
Cumby Elementary School	83.3	215
Austin Academic Center	76.5	17