Longview Times

Harrison County schools enrolled 16,243 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 27,462 students enrolled in Harrison County schools, 59.1% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.1% increase over the previous school year.

Harrison County enrolled the 32nd 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 Virtual Academy at Hallsville	8,421	14,830
Marshall High School	1,033	1,434
Marshall Junior High School	842	1,105
Hallsville High School	585	1,456
Hallsville Junior High School	519	1,139
Crockett Elementary School	499	566
Price T. Young Elementary School	483	512
Wm. B. Travis Elementary School	443	525
Hallsville North Elementary School	392	677
Hallsville West Elementary School	371	723
Sam Houston Elementary School	370	534
Hallsville East Elementary School	301	604
Marshall Early Childhood Center	283	289
Waskom Elementary School	253	358
Elysian Fields Elementary School	186	374
Hallsville Intermediate School	177	389
Harleton Elementary School	177	332
Waskom High School	163	265
Waskom Middle School	143	202
George Washington Carver Elementary School	116	130
Elysian Fields High School	101	259
Elysian Fields Middle School	94	180
Harleton High School	87	212
Marshall Early Graduation School	86	92
Harleton Junior High School	78	161
Texas Early College High School	40	114