Corpus Christi Sun

Jim Wells County schools enrolled 3,415 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 6.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,965 students enrolled in Jim Wells County schools, 49% of them are considered to be at risk.

Jim Wells County had the 80th highest number of at-risk students among Texas counties.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Number of at-risk students	Total Number of students
Alice High School	630	1,295
Adams Middle School	437	1,014
Orange Grove High School	279	556
Noonan Elementary School	326	536
Schallert Elementary School	237	524
Saenz Elementary School	299	502
Orange Grove Primary School	150	448
Orange Grove Junior High School	209	402
Premont Ernest High Singleton Early College Academy	233	393
Orange Grove Elementary School	155	367
Premont Collegiate High School	223	337
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School	117	262
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School	119	235
La Gloria Elementary School	1	94