South San Antonio News

Medina County schools enrolled 5,423 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 10.6% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 11,561 students enrolled in Medina County schools, 46.9% of them are considered to be at risk.

Medina County had the 62nd 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
Medina Valley High School	650	1,936
Medina Valley Middle School	389	888
Potranco Elementary School	390	722
Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle School	227	720
Lacoste Elementary School	386	626
Castroville Elementary School	326	609
Devine High School	273	545
Hondo High School	256	535
John Junior Ciavarra Elementary School	186	533
Lytle High School	307	487
Devine Middle School	236	467
Meyer Elementary School	136	451
McDowell Middle School	259	413
Devine Intermediate School	185	405
Lytle Junior High School	248	395
Newell E. Woolls Intermediate School	190	372
Natalia High School	233	334
Natalia Elementary School	152	315
D'Hanis School	98	296
Natalia Early Child Center	120	258
Natalia Junior High School	169	239
Devine DAEP School	7	15