Central Texas News

Caldwell County schools enrolled 6,168 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 14.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 8,148 students enrolled in Caldwell County schools, 75.7% of them are considered to be at risk.

Caldwell County had the 56th 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
Lockhart High School	1,510	1,862
Lockhart Junior High School	1,126	1,385
Leonard Shanklin Elementary School	450	698
Bluebonnet Elementary School	441	555
Navarro Elementary School	331	529
Plum Creek Elementary School	397	518
Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary School	423	514
Clear Fork Elementary School	272	477
Luling High School	306	431
Gilbert Gerdes Junior High School	215	311
George W. Carver Early Education Center	154	240
Prairie Lea School	156	235
The Excel Center for Adults - Lockhart	188	188
Pegasus School	157	157
Lockhart Pride High School	42	48