South DFW News

Ellis County schools enrolled 18,911 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 10.4% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 41,967 students enrolled in Ellis County schools, 45.1% of them are considered to be at risk.

Ellis County had the 25th 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
Waxahachie High School	1,450	2,795
Midlothian High School	560	2,112
Red Oak High School	1,057	2,019
Ennis High School	725	1,704
Red Oak Middle School	938	1,573
Midlothian Heritage High School	98	1,161
Walnut Grove Middle School	377	1,036
Life School Red Oak	463	1,019
Life High School Waxahachie	456	986
Ennis Junior High School	478	868
Evelyn Love Coleman Junior High School	473	845
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School	277	819
Eddie Finley Senior Junior High School	446	816
Ferris High School	527	797
Larue Miller Elementary School	171	715
Frank Seale Middle School	189	709
Irvin Elementary School	200	690
J. A. Vitovsky Elementary School	371	688
Dolores McClatchey Elementary School	189	684
Wedgeworth Elementary School	372	668
Robbie E. Howard Junior High School	328	663
Mt. Peak Elementary School	199	650
Dorie Miller Intermediate School	330	635
Jack Lummus Intermediate School	295	633
Ferris Junior High School	433	618
Russell P. Schupmann Elementary School	342	612
Longbranch Elementary School	160	591
Life Middle Waxahachie	345	585
T. E. Baxter Elementary School	222	575
Shields Elementary School	323	563
Margaret L. Felty Elementary School	172	557
Max H. Simpson Elementary School	193	550
Red Oak Elementary School	244	542
Lucy Mae McDonald Elementary School	378	534
Palmer Elementary School	328	512
Wooden Elementary School	287	505
Northside Elementary School	190	497
Eastridge Elementary School	220	481
Oliver E. Clift Elementary School	241	477
Shackelford Elementary School	160	475
David S. Crockett Early Childhood Center	219	446
Dunaway Elementary School	272	446
G. W. Carver Early Childhood Center	233	426
Wilemon Steam Academy	104	405
Palmer Middle School	166	403
Bowie Elementary School	202	403
Waxahachie Global High School	139	391
Maypearl High School	160	372
Lee Longino Elementary School	235	343
Palmer High School	140	341
Avalon School	120	340
Lorene Smith Kirkpatrick Elementary School	125	338
Hazel Ingram Elementary School	163	338
Stafford Elementary School	105	337
Austin Elementary School	170	315
Italy High School	170	310
Houston Elementary School	171	295
Marvin Elementary School	140	290
Travis Elementary School	146	288
Maypearl Middle School	135	287
Faith Family Master Academy	79	260
Milford School	163	238
Maypearl Primary School	63	181
Turner Prekindergarten Academy	46	177
Waxahachie High School of Choice	38	38