NW Houston News

Montgomery County schools enrolled 56,631 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 122,474 students enrolled in Montgomery County schools, 46.2% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 7.8% increase over the previous school year.

Montgomery County enrolled the 10th 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
Conroe High School	2,679	4,663
Caney Creek High School	1,646	2,271
New Caney High School	1,557	2,246
Porter High School	1,340	2,337
Willis High School	1,137	2,496
Magnolia West High School	1,117	2,155
Moorhead Junior High School	989	1,299
Donald J. Stockton Junior High School	944	1,416
Grangerland Intermediate School	931	1,209
Oak Ridge High School	907	2,585
Keefer Crossing Middle School	851	1,114
College Park High School	748	3,243
Creighton Elementary School	739	839
Grand Oaks High School	720	3,310
Splendora High School	715	1,256
Peet Junior High School	709	1,283
Woodridge Forest Middle School	704	1,213
Magnolia High School	671	2,151
Oakley Elementary School	653	777
Lynn Lucas Middle School	653	915
Magnolia Junior High School	650	1,109
Pine Valley Middle School	646	885
Brookwood Forest Elementary School	644	836
Patterson Elementary School	629	898
Dogwood Elementary School	605	705
Magnolia Intermediate School	605	969
Austin Elementary School	605	807
Anderson Elementary School	592	703
Houston Elementary School	578	613
Ford Elementary School	577	922
Bozman Intermediate School	577	953
Armstrong Elementary School	574	608
Reaves Elementary School	570	695
Porter Elementary School	568	700
White Oak Middle School	567	832
Willie E. Williams Elementary School	561	782
Robert P. Brabham Middle School	558	1,099
Irons Junior High School	557	1,241
Travis Intermediate School	549	596
Robert Crippen Elementary School	514	707
New Caney Elementary School	510	613
Greenleaf Elementary School	494	738
Valley Ranch Elementary School	491	814
Runyan Elementary School	490	603
Edward B. Cannan Elementary School	483	658
Sorters Mill Elementary School	480	673
C. C. Hardy Elementary School	469	578
J. L. Lyon Elementary School	457	674
Montgomery High School	449	1,528
Vogel Intermediate School	444	961