Dallas City Wire

Harris County schools enrolled 618,707 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 889,303 students enrolled in Harris County schools, 69.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1.7% increase over the previous school year.

Harris County enrolled the 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
Texas Connections Academy at Houston	4,293	10,127
North Shore Senior High School	3,899	4,528
Macarthur High School	3,208	3,557
Elsik High School	3,181	4,123
Hastings High School	3,039	3,966
Davis High School Aldine	2,796	3,175
Klein Forest High School	2,725	3,450
Houston Math Science and Technology Center	2,619	2,749
C. E. King High School	2,591	3,186
Aldine High School	2,449	2,747
Eisenhower High School	2,418	2,798
Cypress Ridge High School	2,358	3,038
Channelview High School	2,358	2,891
Nimitz High School	2,346	2,755
Cypress Lakes High School	2,280	3,222
Dobie High School	2,265	3,873
Chavez High School	2,265	2,434
Taylor High School	2,178	2,852
Westbury High School	2,163	2,345
Westfield High School	2,155	2,715
Jersey Village High School	2,123	3,336
Northbrook High School	2,105	2,622
Mayde Creek High School	2,090	2,827
Spring High School	2,043	2,833
Cypress Park High School	2,030	2,905
Sam Rayburn High School	2,019	2,637
Wisdom High School	1,998	2,033
Cypress Falls High School	1,979	2,882
Humble High School	1,943	2,880
Milby High School	1,934	2,095
Westside High School	1,886	2,938
Cypress Creek High School	1,843	3,269
South Houston High School	1,835	2,313
Pasadena High School	1,803	2,184
Pasadena Memorial High School	1,801	2,979
Andy Dekaney High School	1,792	2,216
Morton Ranch High School	1,747	2,541
Spring Woods High School	1,745	2,105
Madison High School	1,740	1,957
Cypress Springs High School	1,716	2,625
Paetow High School	1,714	3,130
Galena Park High School	1,625	1,872
Waller High School	1,564	2,442
Klein Cain High School	1,550	3,830
Bellaire High School	1,513	3,118
Austin High School	1,504	1,560
Heights High School	1,499	2,447
Langham Creek High School	1,486	2,806
Sterling High School	1,452	1,611
Sharpstown High School	1,444	1,731