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Midland County schools enrolled 15,113 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 31,117 students enrolled in Midland County schools, 48.6% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.1% increase over the previous school year.

Midland County enrolled the 32nd 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
Midland High School	991	2,323
Legacy High School	834	2,339
Idea Travis Academy	749	929
Ralph Bunche Elementary School	714	854
Goddard Junior High School	577	1,059
De Zavala Elementary School	502	620
Alamo Junior High School	466	851
Abell Junior High School	460	1,109
Legacy Freshman High School	424	939
South Elementary School	417	503
Scharbauer Elementary School	413	636
Long Elementary School	401	559
Midland Freshman High School	395	851
Barbara Yarbrough Elementary School	380	832
San Jacinto Junior High School	369	804
Greenwood Elementary School	361	822
Milam Elementary School	348	485
Barbara Fasken Elementary School	342	885
Lamar Elementary School	323	433
Texas Leadership of Midland	308	684
Bonham Elementary School	301	484
Bush Elementary School	282	512
Burnet Elementary School	278	460
Pease Communications/Technology Academy	272	467
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School	264	455
Parker Elementary School	263	533
Greenwood Intermediate School	261	761
Henderson Elementary School	254	365
Greathouse Elementary School	244	839
James R. Brooks Middle School	231	700
Fannin Elementary School	230	598
Rusk Elementary School	223	392
Santa Rita Elementary School	216	557
Jones Elementary School	207	339
General Tommy Franks Elementary School	204	687
Emerson Elementary School	198	436
Washington STEM Academy	192	352
Greenwood High School	179	806
Midland Academy Charter School	147	363
Richard Milburn Academy Midland South	134	144
Viola M. Coleman High School	123	197
Early College High School at Midland College	113	342
James Bowie Fine Arts Academy	110	489
Classical Academy - Permian Basin	105	286
Young Women's Leadership Academy	86	330
Carver Center	83	463
Premier High School of Midland	67	153
Pre-K Academy at Midland College	57	68
Midland Alternative Program	14	18
Barbara Culver Juvenile Detention Center	1	4