Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com
Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com
Data showed that Shelby County welcomed 5,267 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 12 schools in Shelby County, only Center Elementary and F. L. Moffett Primary School enrolled any American Indian students, welcoming four students each in the 2022-23 school year.
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 American Indian students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Shelbyville School | 0 | 831 |
| Center High School | 0.1 | 705 |
| Timpson School | 0 | 705 |
| F. L. Moffett Primary School | 0.6 | 692 |
| Center Middle | 0.2 | 533 |
| Center Elementary | 0.8 | 515 |
| Tenaha Schools | 0 | 455 |
| Joaquin Elementary School | 0.3 | 344 |
| Joaquin High School | 0.9 | 222 |
| Joaquin Junior High School | 0 | 145 |
| Excelsior Elementary School | 0 | 74 |
| Roughrider Academy | 0 | 46 |
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