East DFW News

Kaufman County schools enrolled 20,800 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 37,642 students enrolled in Kaufman County schools, 55.3% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 12.9% increase over the previous school year.

Kaufman County enrolled the 25th 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
North Forney High School	1,217	2,502
Crandall High School	950	1,707
Kaufman High School	918	1,303
Terrell High School	827	1,466
Herman Furlough Junior Middle School	752	1,168
Norman Junior High School	689	989
Mabank High School	637	1,111
Forney High School	632	2,272
Crandall Middle School	587	983
Rhodes Intermediate School	512	995
Gilbert Willie Senior Elementary School	506	701
Hollis T. Dietz Elementary School	493	815
Jackson Middle School	472	969
W. A. Martin Elementary School	455	644
Barbara Walker Elementary School	443	663
Noble Reed	441	595
J. W. Long Elementary School	440	672
Central Elementary School	434	675
Kemp Primary School	408	503
Mabank Intermediate School	406	611
Criswell Elementary School	404	807
Crosby Elementary School	403	682
Dr. Bruce Wood Elementary School	397	578
Lucille Nash Elementary School	395	579
Helen Edward Early Childhood Center	389	494
Lewis Elementary School	385	763
Brown Middle School	376	673
Griffin Elementary School	374	782
Blackburn Elementary School	370	697
Henderson Elementary School	365	737
J. R. Phillips Elementary School	365	471
Mabank Junior High School	364	590
Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School	350	596
Smith Intermediate School	349	602
J. W. Monday Elementary School	322	469
Kemp High School	311	543
Kemp Intermediate School	301	382
Kemp Junior High School	299	401
W. H. Burnett Elementary School	259	329
Johnson Elementary School	248	694
Warren Middle School	231	903
Willett Elementary School	230	725
Rhea Intermediate School	215	833
Scurry-Rosser Middle School	202	407
Claybon Elementary School	201	575
Scurry-Rosser Elementary School	191	293
Scurry-Rosser High School	142	366
Global Leadership Academy	90	241
Gary W. Campbell High School	25	27
Tisd Child & Adolescent School	15	39
Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix School	10	14
Kemp Alternative	3	6