East Central Texas News

There were 48 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Kaufman County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 6.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Kaufman County welcomed 35,312 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Kaufman County, only Lewis Elementary School and North Forney High School enrolled any Pacific Islander students, welcoming five students each in the 2021-22 school year.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
North Forney High School	0.2	2,291
Forney High School	0.1	2,008
Crandall High School	0.1	1,529
Terrell High School	0.1	1,401
Kaufman High School	0.2	1,210
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	0.1	1,112
Mabank High School	0.1	1,019
Norman Junior High School	0	978
Jackson Middle School	0.2	914
Rhodes Intermediate School	0.4	905
Warren Middle School	0	859
Crandall Middle School	0	855
Griffin Elementary School	0	830
Rhea Intermediate School	0.1	763
Henderson Elementary School	0	762
Criswell Elementary School	0.1	754
Lewis Elementary School	0.7	749
Noble Reed	0	688
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	0	687
Crosby Elementary School	0.4	681
J. W. Long Elementary School	0	662
W. A. Martin Elementary School	0.5	662
Central Elementary School	0	661
Johnson Elementary School	0	611
Blackburn Elementary School	0	603
Brown Middle School	0	583
Mabank Junior High School	0.2	581
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	0	575
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	0	565
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	0	563
Mabank Intermediate School	0	549
Barbara Walker Elementary School	0	534
Smith Intermediate School	0.2	521
Claybon Elementary School	0	515
Lucille Nash Elementary School	0.4	510
Southside Elementary School	0.9	469
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	0.2	468
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	0.2	462
J. W. Monday Elementary School	0	452
Kemp High School	0	451
Kemp Primary School	0	443
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	0	434
Kemp Junior High School	0	417
Lakeview Elementary School	1.1	380
Kemp Intermediate School	0	373
Scurry-Rosser High School	0	358
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	0.7	293
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	0	292
Global Leadership Academy	0	212
Crandall Compass Academy	0	45
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	0	29
Gary W. Campbell High School	0	23
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	0	13
Kemp Alternative	0	8