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Stephens County schools enrolled 787 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 16.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,417 students enrolled in Stephens County schools, 55.5% of them are considered to be at risk.

Stephens County had the 84th lowest 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
Breckenridge High School	269	417
East Elementary School	177	414
Breckenridge Junior High School	179	313
South Elementary School	162	273