Nortex Times

Wichita County schools enrolled 12,311 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 20,195 students enrolled in Wichita County schools, 61% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 7.5% increase over the previous school year.

Wichita County enrolled the 38th highest 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
Wichita Falls High School	856	1,291
Barwise Middle School	731	1,009
Rider High School	669	1,584
Hirschi High School	633	804
McNiel Middle School	575	1,171
Kirby Middle School	479	552
Scotland Park Elementary School	473	509
Zundelowitz Elementary School	441	502
City View Junior/Senior High School	417	600
I. C. Evans Elementary School	410	644
City View Elementary School	396	518
Burkburnett High School	385	861
Burkburnett Middle School	352	743
Southern Hills Elementary School	349	432
Lamar Elementary School	334	369
Overton Ray Elementary School	315	559
Cunningham School	311	448
Milam Elementary School	297	450
Crockett Elementary School	258	409
Fowler Elementary School	258	555
Franklin Elementary School	253	460
Jefferson Elementary School	252	396
Burgess Elementary School	252	268
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	249	275
Farris Early Childhood Center	240	240
Fain Elementary School	240	405
Kidwell Elementary School	216	488
Electra Elementary School	206	291
Bradford Elementary School	191	425
W. F. George Middle School	182	479
Brook Village Early Childhood	173	186
John G. Tower Elementary School	172	468
Haynes Elementary School	171	192
West Foundation Elementary School	154	428
Iowa Park High School	136	534
Electra Junior/Senior High School	102	163
Sheppard Afb Elementary School	72	349
Northwest Head Start	51	51
Wichita County Juvenile Justice AEP	32	45
Gateway Student Support Center	19	32
Wichita County JJAEP	6	7
Wichita County JJAEP	3	3