West Texas News

Garza County schools enrolled 339 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 13% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 901 students enrolled in Garza County schools, 37.6% of them are considered to be at risk.

Garza County had the 41st 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
Post Elementary School	132	359
Post High School	78	202
Post Middle School	35	194
Southland School	63	115
Garza County Regional Juvenile Center	31	31