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Lavaca County schools enrolled 959 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 2,517 students enrolled in Lavaca County schools, 38.1% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 5.5% increase over the previous school year.

Lavaca County enrolled the 80th 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
Hallettsville Elementary School	176	435
Hallettsville High School	145	389
Hallettsville Junior High School	137	332
Shiner Elementary School	113	400
Moulton Elementary School	101	173
Shiner High School	77	310
Moulton High School	73	136
Ezzell Elementary School	54	95
Vysehrad Elementary School	53	111
Sweet Home Elementary School	30	136