Forest Country News

Polk County schools enrolled 4,615 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 7,055 students enrolled in Polk County schools, 65.4% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.9% increase over the previous school year.

Polk County enrolled the 76th 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
Onalaska Elementary School	558	700
Livingston High School	546	1,130
Livingston Junior High School	517	911
Onalaska Junior/Senior High School	413	515
Pine Ridge Primary School	361	492
Timber Creek Elementary School	323	491
Creekside Elementary School	322	484
Big Sandy School	310	532
Corrigan-Camden Elementary School	305	402
Cedar Grove Elementary School	266	491
Corrigan-Camden High School	151	227
Corrigan-Camden Junior High School	147	190
Leggett Elementary School	112	138
Goodrich Elementary School	102	126
Leggett High School	68	81
Goodrich High School	64	69
Goodrich Middle School	36	49
Livingston High School Academy	14	24
Pineywood Community Academy - Livingston	0	3