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Wilbarger County schools taught 1,289 at-risk students in 2021-22 school year

Commissioner of education mike morath 2023

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

Wilbarger County schools enrolled 1,289 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 18.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 2,197 students enrolled in Wilbarger County schools, 58.7% of them are considered to be at risk.

Wilbarger County had the 115th lowest number of at-risk students 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.

At-Risk Students in Wilbarger County Schools in 2021-22 School Year

SchoolNumber of at-risk studentsTotal Number of students
Shive Elementary School334555
Vernon High School315505
Vernon Middle School327418
T. G. McCord Elementary School208359
Northside School49236
Harrold School37105
North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon1919

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