Concho Valley News

Menard County schools enrolled 145 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 2.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 300 students enrolled in Menard County schools, 48.3% of them are considered to be at risk.

Menard County had the 20th lowest 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
Menard Elementary/Junior High School	109	217
Menard High School	36	83