East Central Texas News

Henderson County schools enrolled 7,737 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 11,155 students enrolled in Henderson County schools, 69.4% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 4.8% increase over the previous school year.

Henderson County enrolled the 55th 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
Athens High School	700	928
Athens Middle School	548	682
Central Athens	444	587
Southside Elementary School	387	486
Brownsboro High School	376	757
Bel Air Elementary School	375	453
South Athens Elementary School	372	449
Eustace Primary School	366	497
Malakoff Elementary School	341	457
Chandler Elementary School	335	450
Lakeview Elementary School	320	431
Brownsboro Elementary School	281	429
Eustace High School	263	473
Eustace Intermediate School	250	375
Brownsboro Junior High School	242	405
Eustace Middle School	242	382
Malakoff High School	235	378
Malakoff Middle School	231	323
Tool Elementary School	215	267
Brownsboro Intermediate School	200	326
Cross Roads Elementary School	182	266
Chandler Intermediate School	176	253
Lapoynor Elementary School	116	202
Murchison Elementary School	114	175
Trinidad School	107	133
Cross Roads High School	98	185
Lapoynor High School	82	186
Cross Roads Junior High School	71	109
Lapoynor Junior High School	61	103
Malakoff Alternative Program (Map)	7	8