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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 0.6% of Rockwall County’s student body in 2021-22 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

There were 154 American Indian students enrolled in Rockwall County schools in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as in the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Rockwall County welcomed 24,927 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, American Indian comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Rockwall County, only Rockwall High School and Rockwall-Heath High School enrolled any American Indian students, welcoming 19 students each in the 2021-22 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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

Ethnicities in Rockwall County in 2021-22 School Year

White [54.6%]Black [10.2%]Hispanic [27.6%]Ethnicities <5% [7.5%]
Enrollment Demographics in Rockwall County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of American Indian students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Rockwall High School0.62,933
Rockwall-Heath High School0.72,824
Royse City High School0.42,235
Maurine Cain Middle School1.51,105
Bobby Summers Middle School0.31,015
Herman E. Utley Middle School0.9873
Ouida Baley Middle School0.9815
J. W. Williams Middle School0.5786
Miss May Vernon Elementary School0.5772
Linda Lyon Elementary School0.4752
W. R. (Bill) Fort Elementary School0.6711
Billie Stevenson Elementary School0.6707
Anita Scott Elementary School0.6653
Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School0.5632
Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School0.3625
Ouida Springer1.3623
Howard Dobbs Elementary School0603
Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School0.9585
Dorris A. Jones Elementary School0.9585
Sharon Shannon Elementary School0.3582
Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary School0.5574
Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School0.2545
Harry Herndon Elementary School0.6542
Grace Hartman Elementary School0.2522
Davis Elementary School1504
Celia Hays Elementary School0.4489
Amanda Rochell Elementary School1.1467
Nebbie Williams Elementary School0.2446
Ruth Cherry Elementary School1382
Rockwall Quest Academy040

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