West Texas News

Dickens County schools enrolled 111 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 4.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 307 students enrolled in Dickens County schools, 36.2% of them are considered to be at risk.

Dickens County had the 16th lowest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Spur School	96	221
Patton Springs School	15	86