San Antonio Corridor News

There were 67 American Indian students enrolled in Guadalupe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Guadalupe County welcomed 29,110 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Guadalupe County, Byron P. Steele II High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Byron P. Steele II High School	0.4	2,716
Samuel Clemens High School	0.4	2,544
Seguin High School	0.2	2,101
Dobie Junior High School	0.3	1,347
New Braunfels Middle School	0.2	1,301
Clear Spring Elementary School	0.1	835
Jim Barnes Middle School	0.3	797
Voss Farms Elementary School	0.4	785
New Braunfels High School Ninth Grade Center	0.3	781
Cibolo Valley Elementary School	0.3	761
Elaine School Schlather Intermediate	0.4	750
John A. Sippel Elementary School	0.3	743
Laura Ingalls Wilder Intermediate School	0.3	734
Briesemeister Middle School	0	725
Barbara Jordan Intermediate School	0.1	716
Navarro Elementary School	0	702
Klein Road Elementary School	0	697
Schertz Elementary School	0.1	671
Navarro High School	0	648
Norma Junior Paschal Elementary School	0.3	604
Watts Elementary School	0	593
Green Valley Elementary School	0.3	587
Wiederstein Elementary School	0	551
Koennecke Elementary School	0	550
Navarro Intermediate School	0	485
Weinert Elementary School	0	479
Oralia R. Rodriguez Elementary School	0.2	475
Marion High School	0.4	456
Patlan Elementary School	0	443
Ball Early Childhood Center	0.5	439
Vogel Elementary School	0.2	401
Jefferson Ave Elementary School	0	386
Marion Middle School	0.5	372
Norma Krueger Elementary School	0.3	362
Navarro Junior High School	0.3	345
Norma Krueger Elementary/Bert Karrer Campus	0.3	327
McQueeney Elementary School	0.3	314
Seguin Elementary School	0	251
Allison L. Steele Early Learning Center	0	121
The NBISD Learning Center	0	86
Mercer & Blumberg Learning Center	0	81
Discipline Alternative School at Saegert	0	27
Juvenile Detention Center	0	21