Hill Country Chronicle

There were 28 Asian students enrolled in Uvalde County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 21.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Uvalde County welcomed 5,140 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Asian comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Uvalde County, Knippa School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 10 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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Uvalde High School	0.8	1,160
Morales Junior High School	0.5	661
Dalton Elementary School	0.7	595
Robb Elementary School	0	571
Uvalde Dual Language Academy	0	570
Flores Elementary School	0.2	429
Knippa School	2.4	412
Utopia School	0.5	213
Sabinal Elementary School	0	176
Sabinal High School	0	121
Sabinal Middle School	0	102
Batesville School	0	84
Crossroads Academy	0	46