Upper East Texas News

Bowie County schools enrolled 11,420 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 17,473 students enrolled in Bowie County schools, 65.4% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 0.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Bowie County enrolled the 42nd 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
Texas High School	1,074	1,719
Texas Middle School	1,065	1,413
Nash Elementary School	583	677
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	520	575
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	509	573
Wake Village Elementary School	493	579
Crestview Elementary School	478	584
Liberty-Eylau High School	409	532
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	379	386
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	376	408
Highland Park Elementary School	352	364
Westlawn Elementary School	331	346
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	308	323
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	293	296
Maud School	269	476
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	240	530
Pleasant Grove High School	226	796
Dekalb Elementary School	219	321
Hooks Elementary School	207	317
New Boston High School	205	321
Pleasant Grove Middle School	204	501
New Boston Middle School	202	249
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	188	483
Dekalb High School	181	272
Dekalb Middle School	180	235
Redwater Elementary School	168	313
Hooks Junior High School	168	284
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	150	338
Hooks High School	150	319
Redwater High School	150	339
Redwater Middle School	141	227
Eschool Prep	131	227
James Bowie Elementary School	111	212
Malta Elementary School	103	220
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	101	358
Premier High School of Texarkana	95	142
Leary Elementary School	91	93
Redwater Junior High School	85	180
James Bowie High School	65	140
James Bowie Middle School	62	132
Options	57	69
Hubbard ISD	49	77
Red Lick Middle School	27	221
Red Lick Elementary School	25	306