West Texas News

Lamb County schools enrolled 1,902 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 2,724 students enrolled in Lamb County schools, 69.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Lamb County enrolled the 121st lowest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Littlefield Primary School	250	311
Littlefield High School	234	354
Littlefield Elementary School	227	279
Littlefield Junior High School	219	291
Hp Webb Elementary School	183	271
Sudan Elementary School	180	304
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School	134	171
Amherst School	116	128
Olton Junior High School	97	144
Olton High School	97	167
Sudan High School	91	179
Springlake-Earth High School	74	125