North Coastal News

Matagorda County schools enrolled 3,577 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 27.6% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 7,023 students enrolled in Matagorda County schools, 50.9% of them are considered to be at risk.

Matagorda County had the 77th highest 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
Bay City High School	596	969
Bay City Junior High School	550	815
Tenie Holmes Elementary School	396	746
Roberts Elementary School	369	534
Cherry Elementary School	222	446
Palacios High School	136	380
Central Elementary School	88	356
Van Vleck High School	171	335
Van Vleck Elementary School	136	325
Palacios Junior High School	181	303
East Side Intermediate School	103	283
Blessing Elementary School	112	263
Tidehaven High School	124	260
Van Vleck Junior High School	146	253
Tidehaven Intermediate School	63	251
Markham Elementary School	44	236
Van Vleck Intermediate School	82	167
Matagorda School	58	101