South San Antonio News

Medina County schools enrolled 6,458 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 11,561 students enrolled in Medina County schools, 55.9% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3.7% increase over the previous school year.

Medina County enrolled the 60th 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
Medina Valley High School	835	1,936
Medina Valley Middle School	474	888
John Junior Ciavarra Elementary School	393	533
Lacoste Elementary School	384	626
Lytle High School	338	487
Meyer Elementary School	324	451
Castroville Elementary School	304	609
Devine High School	297	545
Lytle Junior High School	292	395
Devine Middle School	289	467
Potranco Elementary School	288	722
Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle School	284	720
McDowell Middle School	257	413
Devine Intermediate School	249	405
Hondo High School	238	535
Newell E. Woolls Intermediate School	235	372
Natalia High School	234	334
Natalia Elementary School	227	315
Natalia Early Child Center	196	258
Natalia Junior High School	181	239
D'Hanis School	133	296
Devine DAEP School	6	15