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There were 19 Black students enrolled in Eastland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 44.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Eastland County welcomed 2,645 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.7% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Eastland County, only Cisco Elementary School and Siebert Elementary School enrolled any Black students, welcoming four students each in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Siebert Elementary School	0.8	491
Cisco Elementary School	1	415
Eastland High School	0.6	309
Eastland Middle School	0	257
Cisco High School	0.9	234
Cisco Junior High School	0	161
Ranger Elementary School	0	157
Maxfield Elementary School	1	105
Ranger High School	3.1	97
Rising Star Elementary School	0	94
Rising Star High School	2.2	89
Gorman High School	0	82
Ranger Middle School	1.4	69
Gorman Middle School	0	66
Cisco Learning Center	0	19