North Coastal News

Victoria County schools enrolled 7,366 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6.3% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 13,894 students enrolled in Victoria County schools, 53% of them are considered to be at risk.

Victoria County had the 51st 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
Victoria East High School	1,217	1,862
Victoria West High School	1,081	1,734
Howell Middle School	501	827
Harold Cade Middle School	330	733
Patti Welder Middle School	385	679
Stroman Middle School	328	539
Martin De Leon Elementary School	236	522
Vickers Elementary School	131	488
Crain Elementary School	348	477
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School	148	464
Dudley Elementary School	210	463
C. O. Chandler Elementary School	147	434
Rowland Elementary School	246	428
Aloe Elementary School	212	424
Shields Elementary School	158	410
Rodolfo Torres Elementary School	204	400
O'Connor Elementary School	190	385
Hopkins Elementary School	277	375
Smith Elementary School	167	324
Industrial Elementary West	37	252
Mission Valley Elementary School	92	239
Liberty Credit Recovery	232	232
Bloomington Elementary School	165	231
Bloomington High School	134	201
Bloomington Junior High School	50	201
Victoria ISD Headstart	26	182
Placedo Elementary School	32	173
Nursery Elementary School	9	136
Liberty DAEP	32	32
Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center	25	25
Crossroads Connect Academy	15	21
Liberty DAEP Elementary School	1	1