Panhandle Times

Parmer County schools enrolled 1,195 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 1.5% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 2,290 students enrolled in Parmer County schools, 52.2% of them are considered to be at risk.

Parmer County had the 107th lowest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Friona Elementary School	173	321
Friona High School	124	285
Farwell Elementary School	100	281
Friona Primary School	132	245
Friona Junior High School	157	229
Bovina Elementary School	146	221
Farwell High School	69	168
Lazbuddie School	86	164
Farwell Junior High School	73	139
Bovina High School	61	127
Bovina Middle School	74	110