Nortex Times

Archer County schools enrolled 646 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 2,166 students enrolled in Archer County schools, 29.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1.1% increase over the previous school year.

Archer County enrolled the 57th 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
Holliday Elementary School	154	511
Archer City Elementary School	122	279
Archer City High School	87	229
Windthorst Elementary School	82	280
Holliday High School	64	340
Holliday Middle School	60	277
Windthorst High School	41	135
Windthorst Junior High School	36	115