San Antonio Corridor News

There were 68 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Comal County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 21.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Comal County welcomed 28,362 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 41 schools in Comal County, Smithson Valley High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of nine 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Canyon High School	0.3	2,348
Smithson Valley High School	0.4	2,332
New Braunfels High School	0.2	1,926
Davenport High School	0.5	1,199
Canyon Middle School	0.4	1,175
Canyon Lake High School	0.1	1,038
Johnson Ranch Elementary School	0.6	964
Oakrun Middle School	0.2	930
Smithson Valley Middle School	0.5	928
Bill Brown Elementary School	0	910
Veramendi Elementary School	0.4	910
Freiheit Elementary School	0.1	910
Danville Middle School	0.2	907
Garden Ridge Elementary School	0	828
Morningside Elementary School	0.1	810
Mt. Valley Middle School	0.2	808
Oak Creek Elementary School	0.4	765
Church Hill Middle School	0.1	748
Hoffmann Lane Elementary School	0	741
Goodwin Frazier Elementary School	0.2	633
Rebecca Creek Elementary School	0	605
Spring Branch Middle School	0	578
Rahe Bulverde Elementary School	0.2	489
Mt. Valley Elementary School	0	471
Arlon R. Seay Elementary School	0	467
Startzville Elementary School	0.6	465
County Line Elementary School	0	392
Lamar Elementary School	0.3	386
School of Science and Technology Schertz	0.3	383
Memorial Early College High School with St. Philip's	0	341
Carl Schurz Elementary School	0	338
Seele Elementary School	0.3	313
Walnut Springs Elementary School	0	312
Lone Star Early Childhood Center	0.3	295
Memorial Elementary School	0.7	293
Hill Country College Prep High School	0	171
Premier High School of New Braunfels	0	101
Comal Discipline Center	0	54
Comal Academy	0	49
Trinity Charter School	0	39
Sjrc Texas	0	10