Upper East Texas News

Lamar County schools enrolled 5,390 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 8,459 students enrolled in Lamar County schools, 63.7% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 6.6% increase over the previous school year.

Lamar County enrolled the 66th 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
Aikin Elementary School	698	924
Paris High School	640	929
Justiss Elementary School	475	533
Paris Junior High School	431	551
Crockett Intermediate School	417	527
North Lamar High School	315	711
Frank Stone Middle School	290	548
Chisum Elementary School	274	579
Blossom Elementary School	230	428
W. L. Higgins Elementary School	219	352
Lamar County Head Start	197	198
Cecil Everett Elementary School	175	277
Bailey Intermediate School	168	291
Aaron Parker Elementary School	150	237
Prairiland Junior High School	131	243
Chisum High School	129	305
Chisum Middle School	119	261
Prairiland High School	119	302
Givens Early Childhood Center	94	106
Deport Elementary School	86	117
Travis High School of Choice	33	40