Upper East Texas News

Cass County schools enrolled 3,468 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 5,408 students enrolled in Cass County schools, 64.1% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 5% increase over the previous school year.

Cass County enrolled the 91st 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
Atlanta Primary School	438	597
Hughes Springs Elementary School	317	541
Atlanta High School	300	510
Atlanta Elementary School	295	427
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	267	364
Atlanta Middle School	259	377
Linden Elementary School	247	334
Bloomburg School	192	241
Hughes Springs High School	171	333
Queen City High School	166	301
Morris Upchurch Middle School	161	270
Hughes Springs Junior High School	136	272
Avinger School	108	137
Linden-Kildare High School	100	164
McLeod Elementary School	96	153
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	91	140
McLeod Middle School	76	133
McLeod High School	48	114