Hill Country Chronicle

Kinney County schools enrolled 238 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 22.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 532 students enrolled in Kinney County schools, 44.7% of them are considered to be at risk.

Kinney County had the 27th lowest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School	114	251
Brackett High School	52	156
Brackett Junior High School	72	125