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Colorado County schools enrolled 2,446 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 3,600 students enrolled in Colorado County schools, 67.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 10.8% increase over the previous school year.

Colorado County enrolled the 110th 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
Columbus Elementary School	518	760
Columbus High School	265	505
Rice High School	244	334
Columbus Junior High School	208	333
Eagle Lake Primary School	207	233
Rice Junior High School	205	256
Weimar Elementary School	181	302
Eagle Lake Intermediate School	156	180
Weimar Junior High School	138	214
Weimar High School	106	188
Rice Challenge Academy	83	88
Sheridan Elementary School	66	81
Garwood Elementary School	63	114
Columbus Alternative School	6	12