Abilene Times

There were 2,459 white students enrolled in Nolan County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 39.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Nolan County welcomed 8,511 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 28.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Nolan County, Lone Star Online Academy recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,232 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lone Star Online Academy	22.1	5,581
Sweetwater High School	34.1	545
Sweetwater Middle School	39.7	431
Sweetwater Intermediate School	34.7	389
Roscoe Collegiate High School	42.9	315
Southeast Elementary School	33.2	265
East Ridge Elementary School	39.1	238
Highland School	87.2	226
Roscoe Elementary School	33.5	203
Blackwell School	77.6	152
Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood	26.1	92
Southeast Early Childhood Center	16.2	74