Hill Country Chronicle

Burnet County schools enrolled 4,441 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 7,291 students enrolled in Burnet County schools, 60.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 1% increase over the previous school year.

Burnet County enrolled the 77th 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
Marble Falls High School	717	1,191
Marble Falls Middle School	608	909
Burnet High School	456	953
Highland Lakes Elementary School	456	510
Marble Falls Elementary School	418	580
Burnet Middle School	386	751
Colt Elementary School	383	582
Shady Grove Elementary School	369	586
Rj Richey Elementary School	273	495
Bertram Elementary School	227	445
Spicewood Elementary School	99	204
Falls Career High School	25	38
Quest High School	24	47