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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 77.5% of Sutton County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

There were 523 Hispanic students enrolled in Sutton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Sutton County welcomed 675 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 77.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the two schools in Sutton County, Sonora Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 290 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.

Ethnicities in Sutton County in 2022-23 School Year

White [21.2%]Hispanic [77.5%]Ethnicities <5% [1.3%]
Enrollment Demographics in Sutton County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Hispanic students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Sonora Elementary School77.1376
Sonora Secondary School77.9299

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