East Central Texas News

Freestone County schools enrolled 2,246 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 3,523 students enrolled in Freestone County schools, 63.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.1% increase over the previous school year.

Freestone County enrolled the 115th 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
Teague Elementary School	323	454
Fairfield Elementary School	293	394
Fairfield High School	264	493
Fairfield Junior High School	239	413
Fairfield Intermediate School	239	387
Teague High School	225	371
Teague Junior High School	218	335
Wortham Elementary School	176	253
Dew Elementary School	87	133
Wortham Middle School	84	119
Wortham High School	75	148
Teague Lion Academy	23	23