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Frio County schools enrolled 2,504 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 2,948 students enrolled in Frio County schools, 84.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.6% increase over the previous school year.

Frio County enrolled the 110th 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
Pearsall High School	501	607
Ted Flores Elementary School	456	518
Pearsall Junior High School	418	491
Pearsall Intermediate School	371	423
Dilley Elementary School	354	444
Dilley High School	240	270
Mary Harper Middle School	164	195