Upper East Texas News

There were 3,677 white students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cass County welcomed 5,435 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 67.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Cass County, Hughes Springs Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 361 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
Atlanta Primary School	54.5	585
Hughes Springs Elementary School	67.5	535
Atlanta High School	50.2	476
Atlanta Elementary School	53.7	449
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	73.4	384
Atlanta Middle School	51.5	369
Linden Elementary School	65	340
Hughes Springs High School	78.4	338
Queen City High School	77.7	296
Hughes Springs Junior High School	76.8	276
Morris Upchurch Middle School	72.3	274
Bloomburg School	89.5	256
Linden-Kildare High School	71.7	187
McLeod Elementary School	90.3	165
McLeod Middle School	92.9	140
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	67.7	133
Avinger School	69.1	123
McLeod High School	93.6	109