Forest Country News

Polk County schools enrolled 2,831 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 2.9% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 7,055 students enrolled in Polk County schools, 40.1% of them are considered to be at risk.

Polk County had the 88th highest 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
Livingston High School	633	1,130
Livingston Junior High School	276	911
Onalaska Elementary School	97	700
Big Sandy School	189	532
Onalaska Junior/Senior High School	231	515
Pine Ridge Primary School	136	492
Cedar Grove Elementary School	174	491
Timber Creek Elementary School	160	491
Creekside Elementary School	338	484
Corrigan-Camden Elementary School	218	402
Corrigan-Camden High School	99	227
Corrigan-Camden Junior High School	97	190
Leggett Elementary School	5	138
Goodrich Elementary School	71	126
Leggett High School	17	81
Goodrich High School	36	69
Goodrich Middle School	38	49
Livingston High School Academy	16	24
Pineywood Community Academy - Livingston	0	3