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Wharton County schools enrolled 3,941 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 29.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 8,016 students enrolled in Wharton County schools, 49.2% of them are considered to be at risk.

Wharton County had the 72nd 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
El Campo High School	628	1,119
Elementary Campo Middle School	314	732
Hutchins Elementary School	439	722
Wharton High School	406	614
Newgulf Elementary School	180	527
Wharton Elementary School	322	482
Northside Elementary School	234	467
Wharton Junior High School	299	446
C. G. Sivells Elementary School	213	424
Myatt Elementary School	129	386
East Bernard Elementary School	130	379
Boling High School	128	343
East Bernard High School	78	308
East Bernard Junior High School	108	278
Iago Junior High School	178	271
Louise Elementary School	72	259
Louise High School	29	140
Louise Junior High School	54	119