East Central Texas News

There were 168 multiracial students enrolled in Freestone County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Freestone County welcomed 3,567 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.7% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Freestone County, Fairfield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 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
Fairfield High School	4.5	489
Teague Elementary School	3.8	468
Fairfield Junior High School	6.4	409
Teague High School	4.1	394
Fairfield Elementary School	7.7	391
Fairfield Intermediate School	5.6	373
Teague Junior High School	3.9	334
Wortham Elementary School	3.9	255
Wortham High School	3.4	175
Dew Elementary School	2.9	137
Wortham Middle School	1.6	122
Teague Lion Academy	0	20