There were 4,974 white students enrolled in Rusk County schools in 2022-23 school year

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

By Longview Times

Feb 6, 2025

There were 4,974 white students enrolled in Rusk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Rusk County welcomed 10,774 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 46.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 28 schools in Rusk County, Henderson High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 481 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 Rusk County in 2022-23 School Year

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

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Henderson High School	46.2	1,042
Kilgore Middle School	43.4	885
Henderson Middle School	43.2	785
William E. Wylie Elementary School	41.6	671
Kilgore Primary School	42	664
Carlisle School	39.2	623
Kilgore Intermediate School	42.1	582
Chandler Elementary School	42.8	526
Northside Elementary School	38.2	484
Tatum High School	51.1	464
Monnie Meyer Wylie Primary School	34.9	418
West Rusk High School	58	369
Tatum Primary School	41.8	349
Tatum Middle School	44.1	338
Tatum Elementary School	48.6	325
Overton High School	73.5	257
Mt. Enterprise Elementary School	72.8	257
West Rusk Middle School	52.8	246
Mt. Enterprise High School	72.4	239
Overton Elementary School	68.8	237
West Rusk Elementary School	52	223
West Rusk Intermediate School	53.4	208
Billy Moore	26	196
Laneville School	27.3	150
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School	51.7	120
Leveretts Chapel High School	31.9	69
Leveretts Chapel Junior High School	35.6	45
Arp Coop Alternative School	100	2