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Brown County schools enrolled 2,929 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 7.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,332 students enrolled in Brown County schools, 46.3% of them are considered to be at risk.

Brown County had the 87th 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
Brownwood High School	556	1,002
Coggin Intermediate School	350	702
Northwest Elementary School	223	506
Brownwood Middle School	328	506
Woodland Heights Elementary School	126	429
J. B. Stephens Elementary School	180	417
Early High School	112	357
East Elementary School	120	303
Early Middle School	100	285
Early Elementary School	121	251
Early Primary School	134	250
Bangs High School	101	247
Zephyr School	53	212
Bangs Middle School	107	207
Blanket School	51	147
Brookesmith School	52	143
May High School	50	126
May Elementary School	30	103
Premier High School of Comanche/Early	90	90
Mullin Oaks	40	40
Brownwood Accelerated High School	5	9