Tyler Reporter

Rains County schools enrolled 1,019 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 1,729 students enrolled in Rains County schools, 58.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.8% decrease from the previous school year.

Rains County enrolled the 82nd lowest 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
Rains Elementary School	298	445
Rains Junior High School	256	433
Rains High School	254	472
Rains Intermediate School	211	379