West Texas News

Kent County schools enrolled 75 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 175 students enrolled in Kent County schools, 42.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 10.3% increase over the previous school year.

Kent County enrolled the fifth lowest 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
Jayton Schools	75	175