Panhandle Times

Hansford County schools enrolled 705 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 1,291 students enrolled in Hansford County schools, 54.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.5% decrease from the previous school year.

Hansford County enrolled the 60th 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
Gus Birdwell Elementary School	213	357
Spearman High School	119	223
Spearman Junior High School	105	163
Gruver Elementary School	87	159
Pringle-Morse Schools	66	107
Gruver High School	61	153
Gruver Junior High School	54	129