Panhandle Times

Parmer County schools enrolled 1,514 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 2,224 students enrolled in Parmer County schools, 68.1% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 4% decrease from the previous school year.

Parmer County enrolled the 105th 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
Friona Elementary School	242	312
Friona Primary School	175	230
Bovina Elementary School	168	200
Friona High School	161	295
Farwell Elementary School	158	283
Friona Junior High School	144	226
Bovina High School	109	125
Farwell High School	96	178
Lazbuddie School	90	130
Bovina Middle School	86	100
Farwell Junior High School	85	145