Concho Valley News

Tom Green County schools enrolled 10,551 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 18,720 students enrolled in Tom Green County schools, 56.4% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3% decrease from the previous school year.

Tom Green County enrolled the 44th 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
Central High School	1,476	3,065
Lake View High School	700	1,085
Glenn Middle School	670	1,258
Lincoln Middle School	661	844
Texas Leadership of San Angelo	627	1,299
Lone Star Middle School	569	903
Bradford Elementary School	393	418
Goliad Elementary School	334	412
Fannin Elementary School	283	306
Austin Elementary School	279	355
Reagan Elementary School	274	311
Glenmore Elementary School	267	431
San Jacinto Elementary School	244	273
McGill Elementary School	242	306
Alta Loma Elementary School	234	278
Grape Creek Primary School	233	316
Holiman Elementary School	225	361
Ft. Concho Elementary School	221	476
Lamar Elementary School	220	515
Bowie Elementary School	218	358
Crockett Elementary School	217	354
Bonham Elementary School	208	525
Belaire Elementary School	200	279
Grape Creek High School	194	308
Grape Creek Intermediate School	188	264
Water Valley School	175	332
Grape Creek Middle School	163	270
Santa Rita Elementary School	149	371
Wall Elementary School	113	654
Premier High School - San Angelo	109	154
Christoval Elementary School	84	278
Christoval High School	76	334
Veribest Elementary School	58	115
Veribest High School	55	139
Wall High School	55	350
Carver Alter Learning Center	52	64
Wall Middle School	47	302
Fairview DAEP	8	10
Fairview Accelerated	4	4
Fairview Special Programs	3	4
Fairview Accelerated	3	4
Fairview Accelerated DAEP	2	2
Fairview Special Programs	2	3
Wall Special Programs	2	3
Water Valley / Veribest Special Programs	2	2
Fairview Accelerated (DAEP)	2	2
Winters/Fairview AEP	2	2
Fairview Accelerated	1	2
Fairview Accelerated	1	2
Eden-Fairview Accelerated	1	1
Fairview DAEP	1	1
Fairview Special Programs	1	1
Wall Sp Prog	1	2
Wall Special Programs	1	5
Fairview DAEP	1	1
San Angelo State School	0	3
Veribest Ppcd	0	2
Veribest Special Programs	0	1