Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Jackson County welcomed 2,656 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 10 schools in Jackson County, only Edna Junior High School and Ganado High School enrolled any American Indian students, welcoming one student each in the 2022-23 school year.
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 American Indian students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Edna High School | 0 | 431 |
| Industrial High School | 0 | 386 |
| Ganado Elementary School | 0 | 347 |
| Edna Junior High School | 0.3 | 334 |
| Industrial Elementary East | 0 | 269 |
| Industrial Junior High School | 0 | 262 |
| Edna Elementary School | 0 | 222 |
| Ganado High School | 0.5 | 200 |
| Ganado Junior High School | 0 | 164 |
| Edna Alternative | 0 | 41 |
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