Panhandle Times

Hutchinson County schools enrolled 2,067 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 3,830 students enrolled in Hutchinson County schools, 54% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 4.5% increase over the previous school year.

Hutchinson County enrolled the 126th highest 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
Borger High School	382	761
Gateway Elementary School	239	372
Borger Middle School	224	381
Crockett Elementary School	221	339
Paul Belton Elementary School	205	289
Borger Intermediate School	200	335
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School	168	309
West Texas Elementary School	128	265
West Texas High School	95	308
Sanford-Fritch High School	88	216
Sanford-Fritch Junior High School	81	163
Spring Creek School	36	92