Tyler Reporter

Cherokee County schools enrolled 6,451 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 1.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 10,887 students enrolled in Cherokee County schools, 59.3% of them are considered to be at risk.

Cherokee County had the 55th highest 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
Jacksonville High School	984	1,265
Bullard High School	280	837
Jacksonville Middle School	622	715
Nichols Intermediate School	571	662
Fred Douglass	477	602
Rusk High School	258	594
East Side Elementary School	389	571
New Summerfield School	369	538
Joe Wright Elementary School	408	536
Rusk Junior High School	268	481
Bullard Middle School	101	449
Bullard Intermediate School	144	445
Bullard Primary School	124	393
G.W. Bradford Primary School	255	385
Bullard Elementary School	86	381
West Side Elementary School	310	372
Bullard Early Childhood	68	286
Rusk Intermediate School	141	285
Wells School	167	258
Rusk Elementary School	144	256
Alto Elementary School	90	227
Alto Middle School	88	166
Alto High School	89	163
Compass Center	18	20