Upper East Texas News

Lamar County schools enrolled 4,108 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 14% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 8,459 students enrolled in Lamar County schools, 48.6% of them are considered to be at risk.

Lamar County had the 68th 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
Paris High School	364	929
Aikin Elementary School	560	924
North Lamar High School	290	711
Chisum Elementary School	286	579
Paris Junior High School	312	551
Frank Stone Middle School	255	548
Justiss Elementary School	385	533
Crockett Intermediate School	351	527
Blossom Elementary School	115	428
W. L. Higgins Elementary School	186	352
Chisum High School	86	305
Prairiland High School	91	302
Bailey Intermediate School	137	291
Cecil Everett Elementary School	136	277
Chisum Middle School	77	261
Prairiland Junior High School	98	243
Aaron Parker Elementary School	138	237
Lamar County Head Start	89	198
Deport Elementary School	49	117
Givens Early Childhood Center	65	106
Travis High School of Choice	38	40