East Central Texas News

Henderson County schools enrolled 7,384 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 10,832 students enrolled in Henderson County schools, 68.2% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 0.6% increase over the previous school year.

Henderson County enrolled the 54th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.

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	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Athens High School	666	885
Athens Middle School	514	652
Central Athens	414	538
South Athens Elementary School	379	442
Brownsboro High School	378	758
Southside Elementary School	376	469
Bel Air Elementary School	370	449
Eustace Primary School	358	480
Malakoff Elementary School	336	476
Chandler Elementary School	296	413
Brownsboro Elementary School	272	432
Lakeview Elementary School	267	380
Eustace Middle School	266	375
Eustace Intermediate School	265	363
Eustace High School	251	432
Brownsboro Junior High School	238	407
Malakoff Middle School	211	310
Brownsboro Intermediate School	190	314
Malakoff High School	188	378
Tool Elementary School	178	245
Chandler Intermediate School	168	261
Cross Roads Elementary School	152	254
Trinidad School	127	154
Murchison Elementary School	122	179
Lapoynor Elementary School	117	202
Lapoynor High School	83	179
Cross Roads Junior High School	71	117
Cross Roads High School	67	167
Lapoynor Junior High School	57	110
Malakoff Alternative Program (Map)	7	11