Winter Garden Today

Maverick County schools enrolled 11,475 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 13,935 students enrolled in Maverick County schools, 82.3% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.2% increase over the previous school year.

Maverick County enrolled the 41st 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
C. C. Winn High School	1,725	2,001
Eagle Pass High School	1,672	2,369
Memorial Junior High School	880	976
Eagle Pass Junior High School	775	1,051
Dena Kelso Graves Elementary School	430	507
Rosita Valley Elementary School	426	454
Perfecto Mancha Elementary School	424	492
Language Development Center	417	442
Sam Houston Elementary School	402	423
Ray High Darr Elementary School	378	391
Early Childhood Center	374	478
Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary School	369	374
Rosita Valley Literacy Academy	367	389
Armando Cerna Elementary School	343	537
Nellie Mae Glass Elementary School	340	446
Liberty Elementary School	324	504
Pete Gallego Elementary School	313	365
Kennedy Elementary School	293	376
San Luis Elementary School	282	314
Seco Mines Elementary School	280	311
Benavides Heights Elementary School	272	301
Juan N. Seguin Elementary School	259	279
Maude Mae Kirchner Elementary School	108	132
DAEP	22	23