Upper East Texas News

Hopkins County schools enrolled 4,295 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,834 students enrolled in Hopkins County schools, 62.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 6.1% increase over the previous school year.

Hopkins County enrolled the 80th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Sulphur Springs High School	669	1,263
Sulphur Springs Middle School	595	974
Como-Pickton School	474	734
Sulphur Springs Elementary School	444	639
Barbara Bush Primary School	254	342
Rowena Johnson Primary School	238	315
Travis Primary School	220	267
Douglass Eclc	212	225
Bowie Primary School	197	319
North Hopkins Elementary School	168	289
Miller Grove School	152	317
North Hopkins High School	148	227
Saltillo School	144	248
Sulphur Bluff ISD	125	227
Cumby Elementary School	123	215
Cumby High School	120	216
Austin Academic Center	12	17