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Colorado County schools enrolled 1,752 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Of the 3,543 students enrolled in Colorado County schools, 49.4% of them are considered to be at risk.

Colorado County had the 120th 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
Columbus Elementary School	389	734
Columbus High School	246	489
Columbus Junior High School	180	345
Rice High School	179	302
Weimar Elementary School	119	288
Rice Junior High School	169	278
Eagle Lake Primary School	89	242
Weimar Junior High School	96	213
Eagle Lake Intermediate School	124	203
Weimar High School	74	187
Garwood Elementary School	48	105
Sheridan Elementary School	19	77
Rice Challenge Academy	8	68
Columbus Alternative School	12	12