Upper East Texas News

There were 1,972 Hispanic students enrolled in Hopkins County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% 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, Hispanic students comprised 28.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 390 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sulphur Springs High School	30.9	1,263
Sulphur Springs Middle School	29.9	974
Como-Pickton School	42.2	734
Sulphur Springs Elementary School	29	639
Barbara Bush Primary School	22.5	342
Bowie Primary School	16.9	319
Miller Grove School	14.5	317
Rowena Johnson Primary School	21.3	315
North Hopkins Elementary School	24.9	289
Travis Primary School	73.4	267
Saltillo School	27.4	248
North Hopkins High School	26.9	227
Sulphur Bluff ISD	18.1	227
Douglass Eclc	28	225
Cumby High School	12	216
Cumby Elementary School	10.7	215
Austin Academic Center	11.8	17