Denton County schools enroll 55,274 economically disadvantaged students in 2021-22 school year

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

Denton County schools enrolled 55,274 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 166,496 students enrolled in Denton County schools, 33.2% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 6.2% increase over the previous school year.

Denton County enrolled the 11th 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
Lewisville High School	2,550	4,286
Ryan High School	1,367	2,210
Ray Braswell High School	1,176	2,696
Little Elm High School	1,109	2,501
Denton High School	1,051	1,916
Creekview High School	895	1,690
Hebron High School	842	3,655
Premier High School Online	833	2,470
The Colony High School	824	2,023
Delay Middle School	744	941
Northwest High School	648	2,171
Guyer High School	639	2,614
Strickland Middle School	638	953
McWhorter Elementary School	597	702
Lakeland Elementary School	554	664
Rivera Elementary School	552	620
Bettye Myers Middle School	527	833
Hodge Elementary School	518	651
Jerry R. Walker Middle School	502	958
Marshall Durham Middle School	499	747
Ginnings Elementary School	496	652
Blalack Middle School	483	933
Calhoun Middle School	473	695
Long Middle School	473	606
Hedrick Middle School	467	652
Lake Dallas High School	465	1,317
Evers Park Elementary School	459	634
Rodriguez Middle School	455	981
Oak Point Elementary School	450	856
Alice Moore Alexander	446	598
Mill Street Elementary School	445	595
Central Elementary School	445	526
Navo Middle School	443	1,058
Marjory Vickery Elementary School	441	629
Lewisville Elementary School	438	535
Rockbrook Elementary School	437	650
Huffines Middle School	435	731
Lowell High Strike Middle School	428	1,015
McMath Middle School	425	802
D. H. Brent Elementary School	414	700
Byron Nelson High School	412	2,733
Sheffield Elementary School	408	467
Lake Dallas Middle School	406	950
Southridge Elementary School	403	562
Paloma Creek Elementary School	385	683
McKamy Elementary School	384	494
Catherine Bell Elementary School	376	712
Cross Oaks Elementary School	376	719
Parkway Elementary School	373	589
Davis Elementary School	372	464