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Hidalgo County schools enrolled 185,679 students who identified as economically disadvantaged in the state during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of the 215,832 students enrolled in Hidalgo County schools, 86% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 4.1% increase over the previous school year.

Hidalgo County enrolled the fifth 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
La Joya High School	2,561	2,775
Economedes High School	2,554	2,762
Psja Early College High School	2,296	2,459
Edinburg North High School	2,216	2,672
Donna North High School	2,082	2,091
Juarez-Lincoln High School	2,035	2,062
Mission High School	2,021	2,218
Edinburg High School	2,016	2,433
La Joya Palmview High School	1,970	2,155
Donna High School	1,936	2,095
Psja North Early College High School	1,911	2,176
Weslaco High School	1,858	2,553
Psja Memorial Early College High School	1,754	1,860
Weslaco East High School	1,716	2,004
Psja Southwest Early College High School	1,652	1,692
Veterans Memorial High School	1,558	1,932
Rowe High School	1,436	1,944
Vanguard Rembrandt	1,428	1,873
Betty Harwell Middle School	1,400	1,453
Memorial High School	1,400	2,080
Robert R. Vela High School	1,359	2,189
McAllen High School	1,344	2,133
Edcouch-Elsa High School	1,266	1,345
Valley View High School	1,129	1,170
Francisco Barrientes Middle School	1,005	1,215
Sharyland Pioneer High School	997	1,471
Vanguard Beethoven	995	1,524
Vanguard Mozart	989	1,178
Memorial Middle School	966	1,065
Hidalgo Early College High School	928	1,083
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School	899	1,003
Veterans Middle School	894	894
Mercedes High School	887	974
Sharyland High School	878	1,546
Mary Hoge Middle School	873	938
B. L. Garza Middle School	861	1,056
South Middle School	860	1,309
Austin Middle School	811	951
Idea North Mission Academy	799	867
Idea Academy	793	803
Dr. R. E. Margo Elementary School	792	914
Idea Academy Mission	788	831
Idea Academy Pharr	785	812
Cleckler/Heald Elementary School	779	948
Idea Academy Alamo	775	803
White Junior High School	766	847
Idea Elsa Academy	763	805
Audie Murphy Middle School	749	787
Alton Memorial Junior High School	746	819
Idea McAllen Academy	741	887