Enrollment Analysis: Indian students comprised 0.6% of Fannin County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

By Grayson Times

Dec 31, 2024

There were 35 American Indian students enrolled in Fannin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Fannin County welcomed 5,479 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Fannin County, Bonham High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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.

Ethnicities in Fannin County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Fannin County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bonham High School	0.9	548
Finley-Oates Elementary School	0.2	533
Evans Elementary School	1.1	374
Dodd City School	0	331
Trenton Elementary School	1	299
Rather L. High School	0.7	283
Sam Rayburn Elementary School	0.4	281
Honey Grove Elementary School	0	261
Leonard High School	0	255
Leonard Elementary School	0.8	244
Rayburn High School	0.4	225
Honey Grove High School	0	218
Trenton High School	1.4	208
Leonard Junior High School	1.5	200
Trenton Middle School	1	192
Savoy Elementary School	0.5	187
Bailey Inglish Early Childhood Center	1.2	161
Honey Grove Middle School	0.7	138
Savoy High School	0.8	132
Ector High School	0	118
Leonard Intermediate School	0	115
Ector Elementary School	1.8	112
Fannindel High School	1.6	64