Winter Garden Today

Atascosa County schools enrolled 5,558 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 8,180 students enrolled in Atascosa County schools, 67.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 6.1% increase over the previous school year.

Atascosa County enrolled the 68th 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
Pleasanton Elementary School	670	958
Pleasanton High School	570	944
Pleasanton Junior High School	513	772
Pleasanton Primary School	505	695
Poteet Elementary School	442	544
Lytle Elementary School	393	541
Poteet High School	360	508
Poteet Intermediate School	307	372
Lytle Primary School	307	374
Jourdanton Elementary School	283	468
Poteet Junior High School	277	413
Jourdanton High School	220	442
Jourdanton Junior High School	212	377
Jourdanton Early Childhood Center	188	285
Charlotte Elementary School	121	207
Charlotte High School	87	130
Charlotte Middle School	64	96
Lytle DAEP	9	10
Jourdanton DAEP	9	11
Atascosa Juvenile Detention Center	6	8
Pleasanton ISD School of Choice	5	9
Atascosa County Alter	3	6
Atascosa County Juvenile Justice Center	3	6
Atascosa County Alter	3	3
The Larry Brown School	1	1