Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Jasper County welcomed 5,649 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 10.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 14 schools in Jasper County, Jasper High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 154 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kirbyville Elementary School | 8.7 | 722 |
| Buna Elementary School | 3.7 | 702 |
| Jean C. Few Primary School | 12.7 | 699 |
| Jasper High School | 22.6 | 681 |
| Jasper Junior High School | 22.7 | 493 |
| Buna High School | 3.5 | 427 |
| Kirbyville High School | 7 | 417 |
| Kirbyville Junior High School | 8.8 | 363 |
| Buna Junior High School | 1.7 | 348 |
| Parnell Elementary School | 16.9 | 338 |
| Evadale Elementary School | 3.4 | 176 |
| Evadale High School | 7.8 | 115 |
| Quest Collegiate Academy - Jasper | 13.6 | 88 |
| Evadale Junior High School | 2.5 | 80 |
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