West Texas News

Hale County schools enrolled 5,083 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,558 students enrolled in Hale County schools, 77.5% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1% increase over the previous school year.

Hale County enrolled the 72nd 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
Plainview High School	1,209	1,490
Coronado Middle School	491	582
Estacado Middle School	458	534
Thunderbird Elementary School	370	400
La Mesa Elementary School	325	482
Edgemere Elementary School	297	337
Highland Elementary School	296	332
College Hill Elementary	269	310
Hillcrest Elementary School	247	265
Abernathy Elementary School	215	395
Petersburg School	209	276
Akin Elementary School	190	256
Abernathy High School	119	255
Carr Middle School	116	188
Hale Center High School	95	155
Abernathy Middle School	90	174
Cotton Center School	62	99
Hale County JJAEP	19	20
Lockney DAEP	3	3
DAEP	2	4
Abernathy DAEP	1	1