Panhandle Times

Hutchinson County schools enrolled 1,978 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 3,913 students enrolled in Hutchinson County schools, 50.5% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 0.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Hutchinson County enrolled the 126th 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
Borger High School	372	791
Gateway Elementary School	228	360
Paul Belton Elementary School	210	326
Crockett Elementary School	204	344
Borger Intermediate School	193	337
Borger Middle School	165	342
West Texas Elementary School	143	293
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School	137	311
West Texas High School	78	178
Sanford-Fritch High School	75	214
Sanford-Fritch Junior High School	68	168
West Texas Middle School	61	150
Spring Creek School	44	99