East DFW News

Kaufman County schools enrolled 18,427 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 34,463 students enrolled in Kaufman County schools, 53.5% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 9.8% increase over the previous school year.

Kaufman County enrolled the 28th 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
Terrell High School	982	1,401
North Forney High School	931	2,291
Kaufman High School	861	1,210
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	861	1,112
Crandall High School	785	1,529
Norman Junior High School	773	978
Mabank High School	607	1,019
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	556	687
J. W. Long Elementary School	493	662
Crandall Middle School	493	855
Noble Reed	460	688
W. A. Martin Elementary School	452	662
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	445	565
Forney High School	431	2,008
Central Elementary School	424	661
Jackson Middle School	409	914
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	399	468
Mabank Junior High School	388	581
Rhodes Intermediate School	387	905
Mabank Intermediate School	374	549
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	374	462
J. W. Monday Elementary School	366	452
Crosby Elementary School	357	681
Lucille Nash Elementary School	355	510
Griffin Elementary School	350	830
Kemp Primary School	329	443
Criswell Elementary School	327	754
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	314	563
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	302	575
Blackburn Elementary School	294	603
Barbara Walker Elementary School	293	534
Lewis Elementary School	291	749
Kemp Intermediate School	277	373
Brown Middle School	272	583
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	252	292
Kemp Junior High School	248	417
Kemp High School	232	451
Smith Intermediate School	216	521
Warren Middle School	188	859
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	183	434
Johnson Elementary School	182	611
Henderson Elementary School	172	762
Rhea Intermediate School	155	763
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	143	293
Claybon Elementary School	132	515
Scurry-Rosser High School	129	358
Global Leadership Academy	116	212
Crandall Compass Academy	25	45
Gary W. Campbell High School	20	23
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	9	13
Kemp Alternative	7	8
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	6	29