Ft Worth Times

Parker County schools enrolled 8,826 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 26,070 students enrolled in Parker County schools, 33.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 10.2% increase over the previous school year.

Parker County enrolled the 50th 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
Weatherford High School	1,014	2,438
Hall Middle School	480	981
Springtown High School	476	1,117
Ikard Elementary School	424	602
Tison Middle School	423	912
Springtown Elementary School	353	593
Seguin Elementary School	344	542
Curtis Elementary School	315	604
Springtown Intermediate School	304	577
Springtown Middle School	301	616
Wright Elementary School	289	496
Cross Timbers Elementary School	279	544
Millsap Elementary School	259	531
Springtown Reno Elementary School	253	394
Goshen Creek Elementary School	246	591
Poolville Elementary School	216	347
Crockett Elementary School	215	432
Peaster Elementary School	203	776
Silver Creek Elementary School	203	466
Austin Elementary School	181	504
Aledo High School	178	1,524
Aledo Middle School	167	1,142
Millsap High School	141	336
Garner ISD	134	245
Coder Elementary School	133	645
Martin Elementary School	126	523
Annetta Elementary School	125	738
Peaster High School	115	461
Millsap Middle School	106	234
Peaster Junior High School	99	388
Poolville Junior High School	91	155
McAnally Intermediate School	84	567
Don R. Daniel Ninth Grade Campus	81	575
Crosstimbers Academy	71	149
Walsh Elementary School	65	466
Vandagriff Elementary School	65	651
Brock Elementary School	64	531
Brock Intermediate School	58	474
McCall Elementary School	57	505
Poolville High School	52	143
Stuard Elementary School	20	555
Brock Junior High School	13	466
Brock High School	3	534