Abilene Times

There were 1,060 multiracial students enrolled in Taylor County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Taylor County welcomed 23,949 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.4% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Taylor County, Cooper High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 74 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
Abilene High School	2.6	1,966
Cooper High School	4.3	1,716
Wylie High School	3.7	1,467
Wylie West Junior High School	6	972
Mann Middle School	4.8	879
Long Early Learning Center	6.3	809
Wylie East Elementary School	5.8	789
Madison Middle School	3.7	785
Craig Middle School	3.4	783
Texas Leadership of Abilene	5.8	727
Austin Elementary School	5.1	724
Clack Middle School	5.5	707
Taylor Elementary School	6.1	658
Purcell Elementary School	4.3	635
Dyess Elementary School	10.5	617
Merkel Elementary School	2.8	565
Bassetti Elementary School	7.6	553
Wylie East Junior High School	3.6	524
Ward Elementary School	5.3	494
Ortiz Elementary School	2.5	484
Bonham Elementary School	4.1	482
Bowie Elementary School	3.6	476
Wylie West Intermediate School	5.2	459
Jim Ned High School	2	457
Alcorta Elementary School	3.3	451
Stafford Elementary School	5.4	447
Wylie West Elementary School	7.5	428
Wylie West Early Childhood Center	5.2	421
Thomas Elementary School	3.4	414
Martinez Elementary School	3.2	412
Lawn Elementary School	2.8	400
Buffalo Gap Elementary School	2.5	394
Jim Ned Middle School	1.9	373
Academy for Technology Engineering Math & Science	4	372
Merkel High School	2.4	327
Merkel Middle School	2.4	248
Premier High School of Abilene	2.7	146
Woodson Center for Excellence	2.2	139
Trent Independent School District	1.5	131
DAEP	5	100
Juvenile Detention Center	0	11
Taylor County Learning Center	0	4
Oceans Behavioral Health	0	3