East Central Texas News

Anderson County schools enrolled 3,930 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 5.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 8,170 students enrolled in Anderson County schools, 48.1% of them are considered to be at risk.

Anderson County had the 73rd 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
Palestine High School	628	1,040
Story Intermediate School	458	639
Palestine Junior High School	307	502
Northside Primary School	250	484
Southside Elementary School	248	468
Westwood High School	259	400
Westwood Elementary School	125	384
Frankston Elementary School	153	373
Westwood Primary School	206	342
Elkhart Elementary School	88	320
Elkhart High School	68	307
Elkhart Middle School	96	268
Slocum PK - 8	104	257
Elkhart Intermediate School	84	255
Cayuga Elementary School	100	248
UT Tyler University Academy at Palestine	85	239
Neches Elementary School	97	239
Frankston High School	100	232
Washington Early Childhood Center	27	228
Westwood Junior High School	144	206
Frankston Middle School	108	203
Cayuga High School	67	169
Cayuga Middle School	61	159
Neches High School	35	104
Slocum High School	32	104