Forest Country News

Jasper County schools enrolled 3,753 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 5,649 students enrolled in Jasper County schools, 66.4% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1.9% increase over the previous school year.

Jasper County enrolled the 87th 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
Jean C. Few Primary School	633	699
Jasper High School	520	681
Kirbyville Elementary School	505	722
Jasper Junior High School	409	493
Buna Elementary School	371	702
Parnell Elementary School	281	338
Kirbyville High School	235	417
Kirbyville Junior High School	234	363
Buna High School	174	427
Buna Junior High School	160	348
Evadale Elementary School	80	176
Quest Collegiate Academy - Jasper	66	88
Evadale High School	46	115
Evadale Junior High School	39	80