Grayson Times

Cooke County schools enrolled 3,099 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 17.1% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 6,870 students enrolled in Cooke County schools, 45.1% of them are considered to be at risk.

Cooke County had the 85th highest number of at-risk students 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 at-risk students	Total Number of students
Gainesville High School	512	863
Edison Elementary School	448	712
W. E. Chalmers Elementary School	411	685
Callisburg Elementary School	88	543
Era School	232	495
Gainesville Junior High School	323	444
Gainesville Intermediate School	295	441
Valley View Elementary School	106	376
Callisburg High School	80	342
Muenster Elementary School	68	300
Valley View Middle School	169	294
Valley View High School	119	273
Lindsay Elementary School	48	258
Callisburg Middle School	88	252
Muenster High School	40	238
Lindsay High School	34	232
Sivells Bend Elementary School	12	63
Walnut Bend Elementary School	23	56
DAEP	3	3