South DFW News

There were 158 American Indian students enrolled in Johnson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.4% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Johnson County welcomed 36,949 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 62 schools in Johnson County, Cleburne High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Burleson Centennial High School	0.4	2,104
Cleburne High School	0.6	1,976
Burleson High School	0.3	1,761
Nick Kerr Middle School	0.3	1,248
Joshua High School	0.4	1,242
Alvarado High School	0.9	1,172
Hughes Middle School	0.7	944
Lowell Smith Junior Middle School	0.9	929
Alma Martinez Intermediate School	0	929
Alvarado Junior High School	0.4	845
Alvarado Intermediate School	0	799
Godley High School	0.4	777
R. C. Loflin Middle School	0.3	730
Venus High School	0.1	725
Ad Wheat Middle School	1	703
North Joshua Elementary School	0.3	683
Academy at Nola Dunn	0.3	675
Venus Elementary School	0.3	658
Brenda Norwood Elementary School	0.2	647
Grandview Elementary School	0.8	638
Cooke Elementary School	0.2	630
Frazier Elementary School	0.6	626
A. G. Elder Elementary School	1.3	620
Tom and Nita Nichols Middle School	1	605
Caddo Grove Elementary School	0.3	595
Irene Clinkscale Elementary School	0.2	594
Richard Bransom Elementary School	0.2	580
Steam Middle School	0.7	576
Gerard Elementary School	0	567
Annette Perry Elementary School	0.4	522
Irving Elementary School	0.8	521
Coleman Elementary School	0.4	518
Marti Elementary School	0.4	495
Venus Middle School	0.6	491
Rio Vista Elementary School	0	486
William Stribling Elementary School	0.2	476
Joshua High School Ninth Grade Campus	0.2	474
Norwood Elementary School	0.2	474
Plum Creek Elementary School	0.2	462
Mound Elementary School	0	452
Grandview High School	0.7	441
Venus Primary School	0.7	437
H. D. Staples Elementary School	0.7	435
Adams Elementary School	0.9	431
Santa Fe Elementary School	0.2	409
Godley Intermediate School	0.2	408
Keene High School	0.3	375
Alvarado Elementary-South	0	366
Grandview Junior High School	0.9	324
Alvarado Elementary-North	0.7	288
Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD	0	286
Lillian Elementary School	0	279
Keene Junior High School	0.4	251
Rio Vista High School	0.4	247
Keene Elementary School	0.4	239
Rio Vista Middle School	0.5	212
The Summit Leadership Academy	0	188
Burleson Collegiate High School	0	177
Crossroads High School	0	98
Team School	3.2	63
New Horizon High School	0	41
Johnson County JJAEP	0	5