Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 22.3% of Bastrop County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

By Central Texas News

Feb 3, 2025

There were 4,005 white students enrolled in Bastrop County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Bastrop County welcomed 17,933 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 22.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Bastrop County, Bastrop High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 487 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 Bastrop County in 2022-23 School Year

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

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Cedar Creek High School	12.1	2,002
Bastrop High School	30	1,621
Cedar Creek Elementary School	4.4	1,077
Cedar Creek Middle School	10.6	1,040
Cedar Creek Intermediate School	9.5	932
Bastrop Middle School	29.3	929
Elgin Elementary School	9.7	847
Emile Elementary School	29.4	803
Mina Elementary School	43.7	785
Bastrop Intermediate School	26.6	781
Elgin Middle School	11	780
Bluebonnet Elementary School	18.4	761
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	9.1	750
Elgin Intermediate School	11.9	706
Smithville Elementary School	56.1	702
Red Rock Elementary School	15.6	698
Lost Pines Elementary School	13.1	696
Smithville High School	55.1	575
Smithville Junior High School	47.1	412
Colorado River Collegiate Academy	28	236
McDade Elementary School	40.8	201
Brown Primary School	55.6	196
McDade High School	39.4	155
Genesis High School	20	145
Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop	56.3	103