Hill Country Chronicle

Blanco County schools enrolled 540 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 20.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,760 students enrolled in Blanco County schools, 30.7% of them are considered to be at risk.

Blanco County had the 60th 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
Blanco Elementary School	112	459
Blanco High School	135	365
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School	126	287
Lyndon B. Johnson High School	56	241
Blanco Middle School	95	239
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	16	169