Upper East Texas News

Cass County schools enrolled 3,554 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 5,435 students enrolled in Cass County schools, 65.4% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.5% increase over the previous school year.

Cass County enrolled the 88th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students...dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools...gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Atlanta Primary School	438	585
Hughes Springs Elementary School	357	535
Atlanta Elementary School	298	449
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	291	384
Linden Elementary School	274	340
Atlanta High School	258	476
Atlanta Middle School	239	369
Bloomburg School	207	256
Hughes Springs High School	167	338
Morris Upchurch Middle School	166	274
Queen City High School	158	296
Hughes Springs Junior High School	157	276
Linden-Kildare High School	123	187
McLeod Elementary School	117	165
Avinger School	96	123
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	87	133
McLeod Middle School	75	140
McLeod High School	46	109