Houston Republic

Fort Bend County schools enrolled 76,109 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 176,925 students enrolled in Fort Bend County schools, 43% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 13.2% increase over the previous school year.

Fort Bend County enrolled the ninth 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
George Bush High School	1,655	2,523
B. F. Terry High School	1,461	1,963
Hightower High School	1,436	2,356
Thurgood Marshall High School	1,254	1,550
Lamar Cons High School	1,169	1,771
Willowridge High School	1,129	1,290
Kempner High School	1,098	1,962
Cinco Ranch High School	1,090	3,475
Katy High School	1,072	3,190
William B. Travis High School	1,043	3,100
Dulles High School	978	2,399
Harry Wright Junior High School	921	1,233
Heritage Rose Elementary School	914	1,104
Lamar Junior High School	890	1,260
George Junior High School	874	1,106
Ridge Point High School	871	3,055
Lake Olympia Middle School	834	1,200
Foster High School	821	2,192
Stafford Elementary School	819	1,067
Stephen F. Austin High School	818	2,258
George Ranch High School	817	2,627
Missouri City Middle School	803	956
KIPP Unity Primary School	800	872
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	796	840
Lawrence E. Elkins High School	782	2,575
David Crockett Middle School	759	1,130
Dulles Middle School	724	1,360
Hodges Bend Middle School	715	920
Stafford High School	710	1,044
Briscoe Junior High School	702	1,785
KIPP Journey Primary School	699	765
Seven Lakes High School	650	3,582
Sugar Land Middle School	640	1,065
Macario Garcia Middle School	625	1,502
Stafford Middle School	619	775
James Bowie Middle School	614	1,534
Reading Junior High School	590	1,685
Fulshear High School	589	2,124
Thomas R. Culver Elementary School	587	899
John Arredondo Elementary School	561	1,005
Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School	554	681
Ronald Thornton Middle School	542	1,464
School of Science and Technology Sugarland	541	777
Brazos Bend Elementary School	540	1,345
Dr. Thomas E. Randle High School	528	760
Ridgemont Early Literacy Center	517	571
Dean Leaman Junior High School	515	1,848
Mary Austin Holley Elementary School	501	624
Taylor Ray Elementary School	499	550
Clements High School	498	2,488