SE Texas Times

Jefferson County schools enrolled 30,664 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 42,300 students enrolled in Jefferson County schools, 72.5% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 4% increase over the previous school year.

Jefferson County enrolled the 20th 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
Beaumont United High School	1,829	2,131
Memorial High School	1,630	2,116
West Brook Senior High School	1,300	2,245
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School	1,051	1,083
Jefferson Middle School	764	837
Port Neches-Groves High School	693	1,627
Nederland High School	671	1,439
Houston Elementary School	656	728
Tyrrell Elementary School	644	701
Lincoln Middle School	628	722
Bob Hope School - Elementary Campus	623	708
Guess Elementary School	570	699
Lakeview Elementary School	564	616
Dr. Mae E. Jones-Clark Elementary School	551	569
Blanchette Elementary School	547	568
Bob Hope School Beaumont	518	614
Odom Middle School	518	709
Vincent Middle School	514	688
Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams Elementary School	508	600
Bingman PK	506	506
Caldwood Elementary School	493	553
Charlton-Pollard Elementary School	485	508
Bob Hope High School	482	526
Travis Elementary School	475	535
Martin Elementary School	473	486
Ehrhart School	468	529
Dishman Elementary School	459	522
Fletcher Elementary School	458	476
Bob Hope School	458	465
Amelia Elementary School	456	544
Marshall Middle School	442	711
Fehl-Price Elementary School	440	453
Martin Luther King Middle School	438	480
Harmony Science Academy- Beaumont	428	622
Smith Middle School	426	475
Port Acres Elementary School	415	479
Hillcrest Elementary School	400	576
Regina Howell Elementary School	397	682
Central Middle School	395	721
Homer Dr. Elementary School	381	399
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs	354	365
Groves Middle School	336	608
Wilson Middle School	334	812
Hamshire-Fannett Elementary School	309	644
China Elementary School	303	558
Curtis Elementary School	271	492
Lucas PK	261	261
Taft Elementary School	254	414
Washington Elementary School	243	259
Hamshire-Fannett High School	243	635