Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised 1.2% of Nacogdoches County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

By Forest Country News

Nov 21, 2024

There were 117 Asian students enrolled in Nacogdoches County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.4% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Nacogdoches County welcomed 10,070 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 1.2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Nacogdoches County, Nacogdoches High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 29 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.

Ethnicities in Nacogdoches County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Nacogdoches County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Nacogdoches High School	1.6	1,772
McMichael Middle School	1.6	1,390
Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School	0.3	611
Thomas Junior Rusk Elementary School	0.6	504
Central Heights Elementary School	1.8	488
Woden Elementary School	0.7	455
Douglass School	0.9	436
Raguet Elementary School	4.3	419
Emeline Carpenter Elementary School	0.3	384
Garrison Elementary School	0	355
Central Heights High School	2.1	338
Martinsville School	0.3	323
Cushing School	0.7	293
Central Heights Middle School	0.7	278
Chireno Elementary School	0	274
Cushing Elementary School	0	254
Nettie Marshall Academy of Dual Language	0	254
Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School	1.2	252
Garrison High School	1.8	226
Woden High School	0.9	217
Garrison Middle School	1.1	175
Woden Junior High School	0.6	163
Chireno High School	1.5	130
Margie Chumbley Academy for Success	0	75
Nacogdoches County DAEP Coop	0	4