Central Texas News

Cedar Creek High School had the highest enrollment among Bastrop County schools, welcoming 2,002 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.4% of them were boys, and 46.6% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 83.4% of the Cedar Creek High School total enrollment.

Among the 25 schools in Bastrop County, Bastrop High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,621 students, while Cedar Creek Elementary School welcomed 1,077 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Cedar Creek High School is a part of Bastrop ISD, which roughly covers schools within Bastrop County with its main office in Bastrop.

In the previous school year, Cedar Creek High School also had the highest number of students among Bastrop County schools.

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.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Cedar Creek High School	Bastrop	2,002
Bastrop High School	Bastrop	1,621
Cedar Creek Elementary School	Bastrop	1,077
Cedar Creek Middle School	Bastrop	1,040
Cedar Creek Intermediate School	Bastrop	932
Bastrop Middle School	Bastrop	929
Elgin Elementary School	Elgin	847
Emile Elementary School	Bastrop	803
Mina Elementary School	Bastrop	785
Bastrop Intermediate School	Bastrop	781
Elgin Middle School	Elgin	780
Bluebonnet Elementary School	Bastrop	761
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	Elgin	750
Elgin Intermediate School	Elgin	706
Smithville Elementary School	Smithville	702
Red Rock Elementary School	Bastrop	698
Lost Pines Elementary School	Bastrop	696
Smithville High School	Smithville	575
Smithville Junior High School	Smithville	412
Colorado River Collegiate Academy	Bastrop	236
McDade Elementary School	Mc Dade	201
Brown Primary School	Smithville	196
McDade High School	Mc Dade	155
Genesis High School	Bastrop	145
Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop	Lufkin	103