Smith County schools enroll 25,200 economically disadvantaged students in 2021-22 school year

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

By Tyler Reporter

Feb 17, 2024

Smith County schools enrolled 25,200 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 36,754 students enrolled in Smith County schools, 68.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 7.5% increase over the previous school year.

Smith County enrolled the 22nd 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.

Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students Over 3 Years

Economically Disadvantaged Students in Smith County Schools in 2021-22 School Year

School	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Tyler High School	1,902	2,126
Tyler Legacy High School	1,453	2,487
Moore Mst Magnet School	922	1,080
Chapel Hill High School	822	1,065
Whitehouse High School	815	1,513
Boulter Middle School	774	837
Orr Elementary School	654	697
Griffin Elementary School	643	655
W. L. Kissam Intermediate School	584	698
Douglas Elementary School	576	594
Wise Elementary School	531	672
Ramey Elementary School	531	547
Dixie Elementary School	527	576
Three Lakes Middle School	515	842
Lindale High School	509	1,208
Winona Elementary School	497	556
E. J. Moss Intermediate School	491	959
Bell Elementary School	472	535
Rice Elementary School	465	635
Whitehouse Junior High School	455	757
Hubbard Middle School	451	739
Chapel Hill Junior High School	421	526
Bonner Elementary School	409	426
Jackson Elementary School	407	436
Peete Elementary School	405	417
Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School	394	721
Woods Elementary School	391	707
Mozelle Brown Elementary School	383	649
Cumberland Academy	377	629
Birdwell School	355	441
Owens Elementary School	339	675
Jones Elementary School	328	368
Caldwell Arts Academy	327	577
H. L. Higgins Elementary School	327	570
Tyler Classical Academy	325	588
T. J. Austin Elementary School	323	332
Lindale Junior High School	323	669
Clarkston Elementary School	319	397
Tyler ISD Early College High School	315	372
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School	276	526
Early Childhood Center	274	451
Troup Elementary School	273	486
Arp Elementary School	271	442
Stanton-Smith Elementary School	268	510
Velma Penny Elementary School	264	506
College Street Elementary	263	475
Cumberland High School	261	631
Hogg Middle School	259	275
Winona High School	232	297
Cumberland Academy Middle	211	399
J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School	210	381
Winona Middle School	202	225
Troup Middle School	148	253
Troup High School	138	314
UT Tyler University Academy at Tyler	134	355
Arp Junior High School	125	219
Arp High School	123	263
Premier High School of Tyler	85	103
Alvin V. Anderson Rise Academy	75	90
The Leadership Academy	43	267
Azleway - Willow Bend	8	8