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There were 66 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Ellis County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Ellis County welcomed 43,014 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 66 schools in Ellis County, Jack Lummus Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Waxahachie High School	0.2	2,963
Red Oak High School	0	2,160
Midlothian High School	0.1	1,994
Ennis High School	0.3	1,791
Red Oak Middle School	0	1,546
Midlothian Heritage High School	0	1,490
Life High School Waxahachie	0.1	1,048
Life School Red Oak	0	1,037
Walnut Grove Middle School	0.1	992
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School	0	947
Ennis Junior High School	0.6	886
Evelyn Love Coleman Junior High School	0.5	829
Ferris High School	0.2	821
Eddie Finley Senior Junior High School	0.2	816
Robbie E. Howard Junior High School	0.3	758
Wedgeworth Elementary School	0	702
Russell P. Schupmann Elementary School	0	682
Dolores McClatchey Elementary School	0	679
Frank Seale Middle School	0	671
Longbranch Elementary School	0	652
Irvin Elementary School	0	650
J. A. Vitovsky Elementary School	0.2	646
Mt. Peak Elementary School	0	637
Max H. Simpson Elementary School	0.2	627
Lucy Mae McDonald Elementary School	0	620
Life Middle Waxahachie	0	600
T. E. Baxter Elementary School	0.7	600
Ferris Junior High School	0.2	590
Margaret L. Felty Elementary School	0	570
Shields Elementary School	0.2	563
Oliver E. Clift Elementary School	0.2	549
Larue Miller Elementary School	0	528
Red Oak Elementary School	0.2	528
Northside Elementary School	0	523
Eastridge Elementary School	0	510
Wooden Elementary School	0	504
Palmer Elementary School	0	501
Shackelford Elementary School	0	476
David S. Crockett Early Childhood Center	0.2	469
Marvin Elementary School	0	456
Dunaway Elementary School	0	454
Jack Lummus Intermediate School	2.5	444
Bowie Elementary School	0.2	434
Palmer Middle School	0	433
G. W. Carver Early Childhood Center	0.5	427
Wilemon Steam Academy	0	425
Waxahachie Global High School	0.5	412
Dorie Miller Intermediate School	0.3	399
Palmer High School	0	370
Maypearl High School	0	363
Lee Longino Elementary School	0	360
Austin Elementary School	0	359
Lorene Smith Kirkpatrick Elementary School	0.3	356
Avalon School	0	337
Stafford Elementary School	0	331
Hazel Ingram Elementary School	0.3	322
Maypearl Middle School	0	306
Italy High School	0.7	303
Houston Elementary School	0	302
Faith Family Master Academy	0	295
Travis Elementary School	1.5	260
Milford School	0	247
Turner Prekindergarten Academy	0	235
Maypearl Primary School	0	187
Waxahachie High School of Choice	0	40
Ellis County JJAEP	0	2