East Central Texas News

Anderson County schools enrolled 5,374 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 8,170 students enrolled in Anderson County schools, 65.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1.5% increase over the previous school year.

Anderson County enrolled the 67th 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
Palestine High School	831	1,040
Story Intermediate School	518	639
Northside Primary School	423	484
Palestine Junior High School	392	502
Southside Elementary School	379	468
Westwood Elementary School	286	384
Westwood Primary School	270	342
Westwood High School	270	400
Frankston Elementary School	233	373
Washington Early Childhood Center	199	228
Elkhart Elementary School	185	320
Westwood Junior High School	160	206
Neches Elementary School	135	239
Slocum PK - 8	134	257
Elkhart Middle School	117	268
Elkhart Intermediate School	114	255
Cayuga Elementary School	113	248
Frankston Middle School	107	203
Elkhart High School	106	307
UT Tyler University Academy at Palestine	98	239
Frankston High School	98	232
Cayuga Middle School	63	159
Cayuga High School	58	169
Neches High School	50	104
Slocum High School	35	104