North Coastal News

There were 10 multiracial students enrolled in Refugio County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Refugio County welcomed 1,225 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Refugio County, Refugio Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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
Refugio Elementary School	2.3	299
Woodsboro High School	0	221
Refugio High School	0.5	216
Woodsboro Elementary School	1	206
Refugio Junior High School	0	139
Austwell-Tivoli Elementary School	0	78
Austwell-Tivoli High School	0	66