Hill Country Chronicle

There were 20 multiracial students enrolled in Uvalde County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 16.7% 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, multiracial students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Uvalde County, Uvalde Dual Language Academy recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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 Multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Uvalde High School	0.2	1,129
Dalton Elementary School	0	734
Uvalde Dual Language Academy	0.6	630
Morales Junior High School	0.2	592
Knippa School	0.2	416
Flores Elementary School	0.9	337
Sabinal Elementary School	1.3	234
Utopia School	1.5	194
Sabinal High School	0.8	132
Sabinal Middle School	3.2	62
Crossroads Academy	0	39