East Central Texas News

Navarro County schools enrolled 7,765 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 10,547 students enrolled in Navarro County schools, 73.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is an 11.3% increase over the previous school year.

Navarro County enrolled the 54th 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	1,314	1,805
Collins Intermediate School	724	868
Corsicana Middle School	701	928
Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School	556	621
Carroll Elementary School	481	502
Kerens School	434	570
Sam Houston Elementary School	370	439
Bowie Elementary School	361	534
Fannin Elementary School	334	399
Rice Elementary School	322	407
Blooming Grove Elementary School	274	428
Rice Intermediate/Middle School	251	322
Dawson Elementary School	225	281
Mildred High School	220	468
Mildred Elementary School	213	380
Rice High School	211	307
Dawson High School	172	265
Frost Elementary School	141	215
Blooming Grove High School	140	267
Blooming Grove Junior High School	132	225
Frost High School	113	240
Two Dimensions at Corsicana	73	73
Navarro County AEP/ABC	3	3