West Houston News

Austin County schools enrolled 3,216 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 5,657 students enrolled in Austin County schools, 56.8% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 9.3% increase over the previous school year.

Austin County enrolled the 99th highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged 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 Economically Disadvantaged Students	Total Number of Students
Sealy High School	549	903
Sealy Elementary School	461	702
Selman Elementary School	456	639
Sealy Junior High School	420	664
O'Bryant Primary School	323	547
Bellville Junior High School	268	560
Bellville High School	260	698
Brazos High School	154	287
O'Bryant Intermediate School	149	283
Brazos Middle School	121	211
West End Elementary School	55	163