East Central Texas News

Navarro County schools enrolled 6,975 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 10,319 students enrolled in Navarro County schools, 67.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1.3% increase over the previous school year.

Navarro County enrolled the 58th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students...dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools...gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Corsicana High School	982	1,761
Collins Intermediate School	673	864
Corsicana Middle School	593	935
Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School	544	581
Carroll Elementary School	463	480
Kerens School	410	552
Bowie Elementary School	379	567
Sam Houston Elementary School	346	426
Rice Elementary School	331	400
Fannin Elementary School	326	392
Blooming Grove Elementary School	276	434
Rice Intermediate/Middle School	242	306
Rice High School	219	291
Mildred High School	195	453
Mildred Elementary School	195	381
Dawson Elementary School	160	274
Dawson High School	153	252
Blooming Grove High School	127	275
Blooming Grove Junior High School	108	194
Frost Elementary School	99	198
Frost High School	87	234
Two Dimensions at Corsicana	62	62
Navarro County AEP/ABC	5	7