Central Texas News

Bastrop County schools enrolled 12,227 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 19.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 16,986 students enrolled in Bastrop County schools, 72% of them are considered to be at risk.

Bastrop County had the 34th 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
Cedar Creek High School	1,412	1,889
Bastrop High School	1,025	1,563
Cedar Creek Middle School	841	1,039
Cedar Creek Elementary School	888	953
Cedar Creek Intermediate School	770	943
Bastrop Middle School	570	864
Emile Elementary School	528	785
Bastrop Intermediate School	546	781
Elgin Middle School	630	774
Bluebonnet Elementary School	619	755
Elgin Elementary School	592	750
Mina Elementary School	381	747
Elgin Intermediate School	540	690
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	568	670
Red Rock Elementary School	574	668
Lost Pines Elementary School	550	637
Smithville Elementary School	311	635
Smithville High School	216	570
Smithville Junior High School	226	392
Colorado River Collegiate Academy	105	241
Brown Primary School	66	191
McDade Elementary School	76	186
McDade High School	63	133
Genesis High School	129	129
Bastrop County Juvenile Boot Camp	1	1