Nortex Times

Knox County schools enrolled 288 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 8.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 766 students enrolled in Knox County schools, 37.6% of them are considered to be at risk.

Knox County had the 34th 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
Munday Elementary School	55	235
Knox City School	101	228
Munday Secondary	87	170
Benjamin School	45	133