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Midland County schools enrolled 17,362 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 32,620 students enrolled in Midland County schools, 53.2% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 14.9% increase over the previous school year.

Midland County enrolled the 30th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Midland High School	1,105	2,492
Legacy High School	1,027	2,504
Ralph Bunche Elementary School	854	974
Idea Travis Academy	803	1,041
De Zavala Elementary School	604	703
Goddard Junior High School	593	1,024
Alamo Junior High School	541	865
Long Elementary School	533	667
South Elementary School	521	607
Abell Junior High School	502	1,095
Legacy Freshman High School	484	970
Scharbauer Elementary School	483	696
Midland Freshman High School	467	887
San Jacinto Junior High School	445	829
Bonham Elementary School	439	640
Lamar Elementary School	415	497
Barbara Fasken Elementary School	407	886
Henderson Elementary School	387	491
Burnet Elementary School	378	500
Greenwood Elementary School	355	795
Pease Communications/Technology Academy	334	498
Bush Elementary School	326	549
Greenwood Intermediate School	320	781
Barbara Yarbrough Elementary School	319	750
Jones Elementary School	311	448
General Tommy Franks Elementary School	309	825
Texas Leadership of Midland	304	713
Milam Elementary School	302	442
Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Elementary School	298	469
Parker Elementary School	294	567
Greathouse Elementary School	289	905
James R. Brooks Middle School	278	756
Santa Rita Elementary School	269	596
Fannin Elementary School	268	603
Greenwood High School	264	808
Emerson Elementary School	249	489
Rusk Elementary School	244	413
Midland Academy Charter School	170	385
Early College High School at Midland College	138	339
James Bowie Fine Arts Academy	118	501
Young Women's Leadership Academy	110	358
Classical Academy - Permian Basin	108	248
Richard Milburn Academy Midland South	93	145
Viola M. Coleman High School	88	151
Carver Center	81	488
Premier High School of Midland	65	147
Pre-K Academy at Midland College	61	68
Midland Alternative Program	9	14
Barbara Culver Juvenile Detention Center	0	1