West Texas News

Hockley County schools enrolled 3,042 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 4,687 students enrolled in Hockley County schools, 64.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1.8% increase over the previous school year.

Hockley County enrolled the 102nd highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Levelland High School	502	745
Levelland Middle School	491	622
Levelland Intermediate School	311	396
Levelland Academic Beginnings Center	291	357
Smyer Schools	244	442
South Elementary School	233	274
Capitol Elementary School	227	297
Ropes School	189	546
Anton School	137	170
Sundown Elementary School	137	260
Whitharral School	108	234
Sundown High School	87	181
Sundown Junior High School	68	145
Parkview School - Levelland	12	12
Race (Roughneck Alternative Center for Education)	5	6