Panhandle Times

Moore County schools enrolled 3,075 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 4,900 students enrolled in Moore County schools, 62.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 5.4% increase over the previous school year.

Moore County enrolled the 98th 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
Dumas High School	616	1,149
Dumas Intermediate School	448	619
Dumas Junior High School	418	657
Cactus Elementary School	309	385
Morningside Elementary School	297	463
Green Acres Elementary School	285	376
Sunset Elementary School	261	302
Sunray Elementary School	148	308
Hillcrest Elementary School	141	297
Sunray Middle School	74	156
Sunray High School	50	155
North Plains Opportunity Center	28	33