North Coastal News

Victoria County schools enrolled 9,966 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 14,516 students enrolled in Victoria County schools, 68.7% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 2.9% increase over the previous school year.

Victoria County enrolled the 46th 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
Victoria East High School	1,112	1,862
Victoria West High School	1,008	1,734
Patti Welder Middle School	531	679
Howell Middle School	514	827
Stroman Middle School	415	539
Crain Elementary School	411	477
Dudley Elementary School	383	463
Shields Elementary School	364	410
Rowland Elementary School	356	428
Harold Cade Middle School	347	733
O'Connor Elementary School	340	385
Hopkins Elementary School	339	375
C. O. Chandler Elementary School	321	434
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School	318	400
Martin De Leon Elementary School	298	522
Aloe Elementary School	292	424
Smith Elementary School	271	324
Vickers Elementary School	247	488
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School	229	464
Bloomington Elementary School	211	231
Stroman STEM Academy	208	252
Victoria ISD Headstart	179	182
Liberty Credit Recovery	177	232
Bloomington Junior High School	174	201
Smith STEM Academy	172	210
Bloomington High School	156	201
Placedo Elementary School	153	173
Childrens Learning Institute Early Education Cent	135	160
Mission Valley Elementary School	120	239
Nursery Elementary School	62	136
Industrial Elementary West	59	252
Liberty DAEP	28	32
Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center	18	25
Crossroads Connect Academy	17	21
Liberty DAEP Elementary School	1	1