West Texas News

Lamb County schools enrolled 1,895 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 2,704 students enrolled in Lamb County schools, 70.1% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 0.4% decrease from the previous school year.

Lamb County enrolled the 117th lowest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Littlefield Primary School	237	301
Littlefield High School	229	364
Littlefield Elementary School	213	263
Littlefield Junior High School	204	275
Hp Webb Elementary School	186	282
Sudan Elementary School	174	294
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School	145	179
Olton High School	132	175
Amherst School	104	120
Olton Junior High School	103	140
Springlake-Earth High School	88	131
Sudan High School	80	180