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Brown County schools enrolled 3,774 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,332 students enrolled in Brown County schools, 59.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 4.1% increase over the previous school year.

Brown County enrolled the 85th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Brownwood High School	536	1,002
Coggin Intermediate School	457	702
Northwest Elementary School	444	506
Brownwood Middle School	317	506
J. B. Stephens Elementary School	286	417
Woodland Heights Elementary School	234	429
East Elementary School	224	303
Bangs Middle School	146	207
Bangs High School	136	247
Early Primary School	134	250
Zephyr School	120	212
Early Middle School	112	285
Early Elementary School	112	251
Early High School	112	357
Blanket School	88	147
Brookesmith School	84	143
Premier High School of Comanche/Early	73	90
May Elementary School	63	103
May High School	52	126
Mullin Oaks	40	40
Brownwood Accelerated High School	4	9