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There were 2,141 white students enrolled in Wharton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Wharton County welcomed 7,847 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 27.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Wharton County, El Campo High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 299 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
El Campo High School	28.2	1,062
Elementary Campo Middle School	21.7	724
Hutchins Elementary School	22.4	709
Wharton High School	10.2	570
Newgulf Elementary School	39.4	548
Wharton Elementary School	11.3	476
Northside Elementary School	19.2	464
C. G. Sivells Elementary School	8.9	429
Myatt Elementary School	16.9	390
East Bernard Elementary School	55.7	379
Wharton Junior High School	10	369
Boling High School	34.4	314
East Bernard Junior High School	60.9	302
East Bernard High School	59	293
Iago Junior High School	36.3	284
Louise Elementary School	33.2	253
Louise High School	38.4	159
Louise Junior High School	36.1	122