Nortex Times

Hardeman County schools enrolled 352 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 24.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 697 students enrolled in Hardeman County schools, 50.5% of them are considered to be at risk.

Hardeman County had the 43rd lowest number of at-risk students among Texas counties.

Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.

“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues”, claimed the Texas Almanac.

School	Number of at-risk students	Total Number of students
Reagan Elementary School	81	216
Chillicothe School	128	199
Quanah High School	83	165
Travis Middle School	60	117