Centroplex News

Milam County schools enrolled 2,293 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 29.8% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 4,363 students enrolled in Milam County schools, 52.6% of them are considered to be at risk.

Milam County had the 102nd 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
Cameron Yoe High School	257	468
Rockdale High School	189	421
Ben Milam Elementary School	224	412
Rockdale Intermediate School	232	385
Cameron Middle School	227	378
Rockdale Junior High School	179	351
Cameron Elementary School	142	311
Rockdale Elementary School	162	268
Thorndale Elementary School	141	242
Thorndale High School	96	214
Milano Elementary School	51	176
Gause Elementary School	70	163
Milano High School	61	156
Buckholts School	88	140
Thorndale Middle School	73	140
Milano Junior High School	40	77
Junior Highw Inspire Academy - Rockdale	61	61