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DeWitt County schools enrolled 2,819 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 4,338 students enrolled in DeWitt County schools, 65% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.5% increase over the previous school year.

DeWitt County enrolled the 107th 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.

School	Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Hunt Elementary School	345	512
Cuero High School	338	630
Yoakum High School	298	470
Cuero Junior High School	291	478
Yoakum Junior High School	264	353
J. C. French Elementary School	245	308
Yoakum Intermediate School	208	264
Yoakum Primary School	174	213
Yoakum Annex	155	207
Yorktown Elementary School	152	256
Yorktown High School	95	154
Nordheim School	89	149
Yorktown Junior High School	73	128
Meyersville Elementary School	55	145
Westhoff Elementary School	37	71