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Erath County schools enrolled 3,282 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,104 students enrolled in Erath County schools, 53.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 5.9% increase over the previous school year.

Erath County enrolled the 96th 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
Stephenville High School	510	1,127
Dublin High School	364	489
Dublin Elementary School	323	420
Hook Elementary School	301	569
Central Elementary School	271	422
Gilbert Intermediate School	271	547
Henderson Junior High School	265	551
Chamberlin Elementary School	259	514
Dublin Intermediate School	190	237
Three Way ISD	169	233
Lingleville School	149	282
Bluff Dale Elementary School	81	242
Morgan Mill Elementary School	58	117
Huckabay School	39	313
Huston Academy	32	41