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There were 39 Asian students enrolled in Wharton County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 5.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Wharton County welcomed 8,016 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Asian comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Wharton County, Wharton High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of eight 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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
El Campo High School	0.3	1,119
Elementary Campo Middle School	0.1	732
Hutchins Elementary School	0.7	722
Wharton High School	1.3	614
Newgulf Elementary School	0.2	527
Wharton Elementary School	0.8	482
Northside Elementary School	0.2	467
Wharton Junior High School	0.7	446
C. G. Sivells Elementary School	0.2	424
Myatt Elementary School	0.5	386
East Bernard Elementary School	1.3	379
Boling High School	0.6	343
East Bernard High School	0.3	308
East Bernard Junior High School	0	278
Iago Junior High School	0	271
Louise Elementary School	0.4	259
Louise High School	0.7	140
Louise Junior High School	0	119