Forest Country News

There were 121 Asian students enrolled in Angelina County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Angelina County welcomed 15,966 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 40 schools in Angelina County, Lufkin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 25 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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lufkin High School	1.2	2,135
Lufkin Middle School	1.1	1,487
Hudson High School	1.1	797
W. F. Peavy Primary School	1.3	696
Hudson Middle School	1.2	646
Central Elementary School	0	633
W. H. Bonner Elementary School	0.8	621
Diboll High School	0.6	521
Slack Elementary School	0.4	520
Sarah Strinden Elementary School	1.4	515
Huntington High School	0.4	499
Huntington Elementary School	0	482
Central Junior High School	0	440
Brandon Elementary School	1.5	394
Central High School	0	385
Dunbar Primary School	2.3	383
Huntington Middle School	0	371
Burley Primary School	0.8	369
Garrett Primary School	0.3	349
Diboll Junior High School	0.6	349
H. G. Temple Intermediate School	0	347
H. G. Temple Elementary School	0.3	314
Kurth Primary School	1.1	264
Herty Primary School	0.8	262
Pineywoods Community Academy High School	0.4	257
Trout Primary School	0	252
Brookhollow Elementary School	0	250
Anderson Elementary School	1.2	243
Huntington Intermediate School	0	228
Dr. Terry Robbins Middle School	1.3	225
Coston Elementary School	0	204
Zavalla Elementary School	0	163
Zavalla High School	0	160
Diboll Primary School	0	133
Stubblefield Learning Center	0	35
Pride Alter School	0	13
Stubblefield Learning Center	0	8
Juvenile Detention Center	0	6
Stubblefield Learning Center	0	5
Stubblefield Learning Center	0	5