North Coastal News

Refugio County schools enrolled 714 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 5.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 1,258 students enrolled in Refugio County schools, 56.8% of them are considered to be at risk.

Refugio County had the 78th 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
Refugio Elementary School	196	305
Woodsboro Elementary School	158	248
Refugio High School	113	219
Woodsboro High School	103	190
Refugio Junior High School	89	165
Austwell-Tivoli Elementary School	27	72
Austwell-Tivoli High School	28	59