North Coastal News

Live Oak County schools enrolled 453 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 17.7% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,644 students enrolled in Live Oak County schools, 27.6% of them are considered to be at risk.

Live Oak County had the 55th lowest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
George West Primary School	44	379
Three Rivers Elementary School	41	319
Three Rivers Junior/Senior High School	139	289
George West High School	99	260
George West Elementary School	83	239
George West Junior High School	47	158