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Wharton County schools enrolled 5,515 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 8,016 students enrolled in Wharton County schools, 68.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.2% increase over the previous school year.

Wharton County enrolled the 65th 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
El Campo High School	768	1,119
Hutchins Elementary School	610	722
Elementary Campo Middle School	542	732
Wharton High School	504	614
Wharton Elementary School	408	482
C. G. Sivells Elementary School	394	424
Northside Elementary School	362	467
Wharton Junior High School	349	446
Myatt Elementary School	281	386
Newgulf Elementary School	279	527
Louise Elementary School	179	259
East Bernard Elementary School	171	379
Boling High School	163	343
Iago Junior High School	155	271
East Bernard Junior High School	102	278
East Bernard High School	97	308
Louise High School	81	140
Louise Junior High School	70	119