Panhandle Times

Lipscomb County schools enrolled 379 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 639 students enrolled in Lipscomb County schools, 59.3% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 15.6% decrease from the previous school year.

Lipscomb County enrolled the 36th 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
Follett School	101	184
Booker Junior High/High School	99	180
Kirksey Elementary School	98	163
Darrouzett Schools	81	112