Longview Times

Rusk County schools enrolled 5,741 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 15.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 10,780 students enrolled in Rusk County schools, 53.3% of them are considered to be at risk.

Rusk County had the 58th 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
Henderson High School	473	1,024
Kilgore Middle School	595	910
Henderson Middle School	444	795
William E. Wylie Elementary School	510	699
Kilgore Primary School	286	685
Carlisle School	376	608
Kilgore Intermediate School	372	599
Chandler Elementary School	265	530
Northside Elementary School	312	494
Tatum High School	193	473
Monnie Meyer Wylie Primary School	137	402
Tatum Primary School	84	349
West Rusk High School	154	340
Tatum Middle School	149	333
Tatum Elementary School	134	320
Overton High School	145	249
West Rusk Middle School	146	247
West Rusk Elementary School	140	241
Mt. Enterprise Elementary School	87	234
Mt. Enterprise High School	110	233
Overton Elementary School	98	225
West Rusk Intermediate School	108	208
Billy Moore	179	179
Laneville School	97	156
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School	78	119
Leveretts Chapel High School	33	72
Leveretts Chapel Junior High School	34	54
Arp Coop Alternative School	2	2