Upper East Texas News

Cass County schools enrolled 2,400 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 14.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 5,408 students enrolled in Cass County schools, 44.4% of them are considered to be at risk.

Cass County had the 98th highest number of at-risk students among Texas counties.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

School	Number of at-risk students	Total Number of students
Atlanta Primary School	214	597
Hughes Springs Elementary School	277	541
Atlanta High School	200	510
Atlanta Elementary School	178	427
Atlanta Middle School	164	377
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	191	364
Linden Elementary School	128	334
Hughes Springs High School	174	333
Queen City High School	129	301
Hughes Springs Junior High School	115	272
Morris Upchurch Middle School	156	270
Bloomburg School	131	241
Linden-Kildare High School	54	164
McLeod Elementary School	85	153
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	57	140
Avinger School	52	137
McLeod Middle School	54	133
McLeod High School	41	114