Hill Country Chronicle

Kerr County schools enrolled 4,217 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 6,995 students enrolled in Kerr County schools, 60.3% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 6.2% increase over the previous school year.

Kerr County enrolled the 81st 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
Tivy High School	695	1,468
Peterson Middle School	561	1,075
Ingram Elementary School	428	569
Nimitz Elementary School	393	554
Daniels Elementary School	360	548
Starkey Elementary School	288	467
Fred High Tally Elementary School	273	544
Ingram Tom Moore High School	244	392
Center Point Elementary	198	265
Ingram Middle School	192	279
Early Childhood Center	171	180
Center Point High School	114	175
Hunt School	96	202
Center Point Middle	81	109
Hill Country Youth Ranch	60	76
Hill Country High School	31	42
Divide Elementary School	20	37
Pathways 3H Campus	12	13