Nortex Times

Archer County schools enrolled 734 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 12.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 2,166 students enrolled in Archer County schools, 33.9% of them are considered to be at risk.

Archer County had the 79th 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
Holliday Elementary School	167	511
Holliday High School	86	340
Windthorst Elementary School	173	280
Archer City Elementary School	68	279
Holliday Middle School	86	277
Archer City High School	95	229
Windthorst High School	33	135
Windthorst Junior High School	26	115