Upper East Texas News

Bowie County schools enrolled 11,495 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 17,563 students enrolled in Bowie County schools, 65.5% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 5.1% increase over the previous school year.

Bowie County enrolled the 40th 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
Texas High School	1,135	1,707
Texas Middle School	1,050	1,403
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	556	607
Nash Elementary School	551	659
Wake Village Elementary School	496	574
Crestview Elementary School	494	591
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	491	564
Liberty-Eylau High School	424	618
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	376	382
Westlawn Elementary School	365	371
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	362	393
Highland Park Elementary School	352	361
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	315	342
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	280	282
Maud School	270	474
New Boston High School	248	337
New Boston Middle School	214	270
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	211	548
Dekalb Elementary School	209	302
Pleasant Grove High School	203	763
Hooks Elementary School	186	297
Dekalb Middle School	180	228
Pleasant Grove Middle School	178	545
Redwater Elementary School	173	331
Eschool Prep	171	313
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	166	465
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	162	304
Hooks High School	159	312
Redwater Middle School	155	235
Hooks Junior High School	155	277
Dekalb High School	150	253
Redwater High School	138	341
Premier High School of Texarkana	120	155
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	118	342
Malta Elementary School	105	208
Leary Elementary School	103	105
Redwater Junior High School	97	196
James Bowie Elementary School	95	198
James Bowie High School	68	158
James Bowie Middle School	57	117
Options	52	65
Hubbard ISD	43	69
Red Lick Elementary School	37	309
Red Lick Middle School	25	192