Central Texas News

There were 536 Multiracial students enrolled in Bastrop County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 6.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Bastrop County welcomed 19,096 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Multiracial comprised 2.8% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 27 schools in Bastrop County, Bastrop High School recorded the highest enrollment of Multiracial students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 57 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 multi-racial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Cedar Creek High School	1.9	1,889
Bastrop High School	3.6	1,563
Elgin High School	1.7	1,543
Cedar Creek Middle School	2	1,039
Cedar Creek Elementary School	0.9	953
Cedar Creek Intermediate School	1.9	943
Bastrop Middle School	3.1	864
Emile Elementary School	5	785
Bastrop Intermediate School	3.3	781
Elgin Middle School	2.1	774
Bluebonnet Elementary School	2.6	755
Elgin Elementary School	3.5	750
Mina Elementary School	6.8	747
Elgin Intermediate School	1.9	690
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	2.5	670
Red Rock Elementary School	1.6	668
Lost Pines Elementary School	2.4	637
Smithville Elementary School	3.9	635
Smithville High School	3.9	570
Neidig Elementary School	2.7	528
Smithville Junior High School	4.1	392
Colorado River Collegiate Academy	3.3	241
Brown Primary School	6.3	191
McDade Elementary School	2.2	186
McDade High School	0.8	133
Genesis High School	3.9	129
Phoenix High School	2.5	40