Nortex Times

Montague County schools enrolled 1,838 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 3,432 students enrolled in Montague County schools, 53.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is unchanged from the previous school year.

Montague County enrolled the 114th 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
Bowie Intermediate School	493	795
Nocona Elementary School	236	368
Bowie High School	210	497
Bowie Junior High School	199	397
Nocona High School	121	249
Nocona Middle School	116	189
Gold Burg School	95	144
Forestburg School	84	176
Saint Jo Elementary School	76	177
Saint Jo High School	65	145
Montague Elementary School	57	148
Prairie Valley High School	45	83
Prairie Valley Elementary School	41	64