Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Of the 3,266 students enrolled in Hale County schools, 67.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 56.3% decrease from the previous school year.
Hale County enrolled the 117th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Plainview High School | 1,129 | 1,442 |
| Petersburg School | 203 | 272 |
| Abernathy Elementary School | 202 | 411 |
| Akin Elementary School | 199 | 248 |
| Abernathy High School | 110 | 243 |
| Carr Middle School | 107 | 178 |
| Abernathy Middle School | 90 | 180 |
| Hale Center High School | 86 | 159 |
| Cotton Center School | 61 | 100 |
| Hale County JJAEP | 26 | 27 |
| DAEP | 3 | 3 |
| Lockney DAEP | 2 | 2 |
| Abernathy DAEP | 1 | 1 |
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