West Texas News

Lamb County schools enrolled 1,264 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 5.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 2,724 students enrolled in Lamb County schools, 46.4% of them are considered to be at risk.

Lamb County had the 114th lowest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Littlefield High School	180	354
Littlefield Primary School	167	311
Sudan Elementary School	147	304
Littlefield Junior High School	73	291
Littlefield Elementary School	137	279
Hp Webb Elementary School	75	271
Sudan High School	85	179
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School	92	171
Olton High School	90	167
Olton Junior High School	75	144
Amherst School	84	128
Springlake-Earth High School	59	125