East Central Texas News

Henderson County schools enrolled 5,467 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 10,832 students enrolled in Henderson County schools, 50.5% of them are considered to be at risk.

Henderson County had the 60th highest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Athens High School	599	885
Brownsboro High School	330	758
Athens Middle School	413	652
Central Athens	304	538
Eustace Primary School	214	480
Malakoff Elementary School	125	476
Southside Elementary School	276	469
Bel Air Elementary School	287	449
South Athens Elementary School	314	442
Eustace High School	131	432
Brownsboro Elementary School	186	432
Chandler Elementary School	160	413
Brownsboro Junior High School	215	407
Lakeview Elementary School	219	380
Malakoff High School	160	378
Eustace Middle School	170	375
Eustace Intermediate School	257	363
Brownsboro Intermediate School	150	314
Malakoff Middle School	149	310
Chandler Intermediate School	132	261
Cross Roads Elementary School	103	254
Tool Elementary School	128	245
Lapoynor Elementary School	85	202
Lapoynor High School	42	179
Murchison Elementary School	93	179
Cross Roads High School	54	167
Trinidad School	58	154
Cross Roads Junior High School	61	117
Lapoynor Junior High School	41	110
Malakoff Alternative Program (Map)	11	11