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Ector County schools enrolled 20,804 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is an 8.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 34,738 students enrolled in Ector County schools, 59.9% of them are considered to be at risk.

Ector County had the 22nd highest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Odessa High School	3,233	3,914
Permian High School	2,775	3,734
Nimitz Middle School	840	1,429
Compass Academy Charter School	19	1,371
Ector College Prep Success Academy	1,195	1,351
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School	834	1,250
Bowie Middle School	769	1,013
Crockett Middle School	798	999
Bonham Middle School	813	970
Murry Fly Elementary School	691	947
Lee Buice Elementary School	413	837
Edward K. Downing Elementary School	503	833
Barbara Jordan Elementary School	423	779
Utpb STEM Academy	326	763
Lauro Cavazos Elementary School	490	658
G. E. 'Buddy' West Elementary School	329	652
Elementary Magnet at Milam Elementary School	339	622
Elementary Magnet at Reagan Elementary School	134	607
Elementary Magnet at Blackshear	322	602
Cameron Dual Language Magnet	422	582
L. B. Johnson Elementary School	223	576
Goliad Elementary School	407	572
Pease Elementary School	204	557
Austin Montessori Magnet	203	512
Blanton Elementary School	102	506
Harmony Science Academy - Odessa	95	504
Gonzales Elementary School	246	478
San Jacinto Elementary School	248	473
Noel Elementary School	297	445
George H. W. Bush New Tech Odessa	187	440
Ireland Elementary School	129	436
Burleson Elementary School	204	435
Lamar Early Ee-Kg	237	432
Elementary Magnet at Hays	106	415
Burnet Elementary School	146	414
Elementary Magnet at Zavala	246	391
Ross Elementary School	114	382
Dowling Elementary School	206	377
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School	156	372
Sam Houston Elementary School	248	357
Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School	185	348
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School	148	346
Richard Milburn Academy Odessa	318	318
Carver Early Ee-Kg	105	313
Elementary Magnet at Travis	238	286
Premier High School Odessa	97	97
Alter Education Center	30	31
Ector County Youth Center	11	12