Longview Times

Panola County schools enrolled 2,061 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 3,945 students enrolled in Panola County schools, 52.2% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.2% increase over the previous school year.

Panola County enrolled the 121st 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
Carthage High School	437	800
Carthage Primary School	340	519
Baker-Koonce Intermediate School	326	570
Carthage Junior High School	252	432
Gary School	241	487
Libby Elementary School	227	353
Beckville Junior-Senior High School	108	351
Beckville Sunset Elementary School	105	335
Panola Charter School	19	50
Panola Early College High School	6	48