West Texas News

Hockley County schools enrolled 2,243 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 2% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 4,706 students enrolled in Hockley County schools, 47.7% of them are considered to be at risk.

Hockley County had the 104th highest 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
Levelland High School	429	721
Levelland Middle School	442	652
Ropes School	154	514
Smyer Schools	145	417
Levelland Academic Beginnings Center	125	407
Levelland Intermediate School	267	402
South Elementary School	155	296
Capitol Elementary School	139	278
Sundown Elementary School	135	261
Whitharral School	50	236
Sundown High School	56	188
Anton School	96	182
Sundown Junior High School	36	136
Parkview School - Levelland	9	9
Race (Roughneck Alternative Center for Education)	5	7