Waco Reporter

Hill County schools enrolled 4,326 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,584 students enrolled in Hill County schools, 65.7% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.3% increase over the previous school year.

Hill County enrolled the 79th 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
Hillsboro Elementary School	522	704
Hillsboro High School	470	604
Hillsboro Intermediate School	346	429
Whitney Elementary School	292	393
Whitney High School	263	441
Whitney Intermediate School	223	341
Itasca Elementary School	218	295
Whitney Middle School	214	344
Covington School	196	319
Hillsboro Junior High School	196	272
Blum ISD	181	338
Aquilla School	163	321
Hubbard Elementary School	149	218
Hubbard High School	130	229
Mount Calm ISD	128	167
Penelope School	115	202
Itasca High School	113	192
Malone Elementary School	111	128
Bynum School	111	189
Itasca Middle School	102	164
Abbott School	77	286
Hill County JJAEP	3	3
Hill County JJAEP	2	2
Hill County JJAEP	1	1
Hill County JJAEP	0	2