Hill Country Chronicle

There were 665 white students enrolled in Uvalde County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Uvalde County welcomed 4,499 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 14.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Uvalde County, Knippa School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 162 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Uvalde High School	8.5	1,129
Dalton Elementary School	8	734
Uvalde Dual Language Academy	11	630
Morales Junior High School	7.9	592
Knippa School	38.9	416
Flores Elementary School	9.8	337
Sabinal Elementary School	10.3	234
Utopia School	72.7	194
Sabinal High School	17.4	132
Sabinal Middle School	11.3	62
Crossroads Academy	10.3	39