Waco Reporter

Hill County schools enrolled 2,460 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 2.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 5,790 students enrolled in Hill County schools, 42.5% of them are considered to be at risk.

Hill County had the 95th 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
Hillsboro High School	275	570
Whitney High School	152	425
Whitney Elementary School	98	403
Hillsboro Intermediate School	260	392
Whitney Middle School	179	349
Blum ISD	114	344
Aquilla School	132	334
Covington School	117	302
Whitney Intermediate School	131	300
Itasca Elementary School	126	298
Hillsboro Junior High School	178	291
Abbott School	86	283
Hubbard High School	118	222
Hubbard Elementary School	96	218
Penelope School	61	199
Mount Calm ISD	15	192
Itasca High School	95	186
Bynum School	35	181
Malone Elementary School	88	153
Itasca Middle School	100	144
Hill County JJAEP	1	1
Hill County JJAEP	1	1
Hill County JJAEP	1	1
Hill County JJAEP	1	1