Forest Country News

Angelina County schools enrolled 11,580 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 15,966 students enrolled in Angelina County schools, 72.5% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

Angelina County enrolled the 40th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Lufkin High School	1,810	2,135
Lufkin Middle School	1,328	1,487
Slack Elementary School	449	520
Central Elementary School	431	633
W. F. Peavy Primary School	410	696
Hudson High School	381	797
Hudson Middle School	354	646
W. H. Bonner Elementary School	351	621
Garrett Primary School	349	349
Sarah Strinden Elementary School	339	515
Huntington Elementary School	321	482
Burley Primary School	319	369
Dunbar Primary School	302	383
Diboll High School	293	521
Brandon Elementary School	278	394
Central Junior High School	272	440
Huntington High School	260	499
H. G. Temple Intermediate School	249	347
Diboll Junior High School	248	349
Herty Primary School	244	262
Brookhollow Elementary School	243	250
Trout Primary School	239	252
H. G. Temple Elementary School	232	314
Central High School	225	385
Kurth Primary School	225	264
Anderson Elementary School	218	243
Huntington Middle School	200	371
Coston Elementary School	198	204
Huntington Intermediate School	152	228
Pineywoods Community Academy High School	136	257
Dr. Terry Robbins Middle School	135	225
Zavalla Elementary School	128	163
Diboll Primary School	113	133
Zavalla High School	99	160
Stubblefield Learning Center	31	35
Pride Alter School	8	13
Juvenile Detention Center	6	6
Stubblefield Learning Center	4	5
Stubblefield Learning Center	0	5
Stubblefield Learning Center	0	8