West Texas News

Martin County schools enrolled 644 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 3.9% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,352 students enrolled in Martin County schools, 47.6% of them are considered to be at risk.

Martin County had the 72nd 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
Stanton Elementary School	266	545
Stanton High School	160	304
Stanton Middle School	149	254
Grady School	69	249