Texas: the counties with the lowest-performing public schools

192 counties

Texas counties ranked by the lowest enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 46.5%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
1	Frio County	TX	7	2,792	27.2%
2	Liberty County	TX	40	27,599	29.3%
3	Bastrop County	TX	31	19,931	31.2%
4	Reeves County	TX	5	3,065	31.5%
5	Presidio County	TX	4	1,279	32.2%
6	Brooks County	TX	5	1,180	33.0%
7	Terry County	TX	7	2,086	33.0%
8	Dawson County	TX	4	2,117	33.1%
9	Dimmit County	TX	4	1,852	33.1%
10	Winkler County	TX	5	1,777	33.5%
11	Uvalde County	TX	12	5,371	33.8%
12	Newton County	TX	6	1,750	33.9%
13	San Jacinto County	TX	8	3,553	33.9%
14	Zavala County	TX	8	2,174	34.5%
15	Swisher County	TX	7	1,316	35.1%
16	Trinity County	TX	8	2,257	35.7%
17	Gray County	TX	9	3,545	35.9%
18	Caldwell County	TX	16	9,286	36.0%
19	Refugio County	TX	7	1,197	36.2%
20	Houston County	TX	13	3,141	36.7%
21	La Salle County	TX	4	1,157	36.8%
22	Crane County	TX	3	1,233	36.9%
23	Ector County	TX	51	38,123	36.9%
24	Victoria County	TX	31	14,160	36.9%
25	Limestone County	TX	11	3,628	37.3%
26	Walker County	TX	18	13,655	37.4%
27	Jasper County	TX	13	5,411	38.2%
28	Wilbarger County	TX	8	2,099	38.4%
29	Floyd County	TX	6	1,055	38.6%
30	Deaf Smith County	TX	9	4,110	38.7%
31	Gonzales County	TX	12	3,908	39.1%
32	Kleberg County	TX	13	4,746	39.1%
33	Atascosa County	TX	26	8,105	39.3%
34	Navarro County	TX	21	10,681	39.6%
35	Jefferson County	TX	77	42,825	39.7%
36	Mitchell County	TX	5	1,288	39.7%
37	Coleman County	TX	6	1,218	39.8%
38	Falls County	TX	8	2,358	39.9%
39	Marion County	TX	4	1,125	39.9%
40	Duval County	TX	9	2,346	40.1%
41	Red River County	TX	10	2,125	40.4%
42	Tyler County	TX	14	3,382	40.4%
43	Burnet County	TX	13	7,210	40.8%
44	Scurry County	TX	6	2,859	40.9%
45	Hale County	TX	18	6,064	41.0%
46	Yoakum County	TX	7	1,897	41.1%
47	Cooke County	TX	20	6,986	41.2%
48	Parmer County	TX	11	2,164	41.2%
49	Waller County	TX	15	10,294	41.3%
50	Midland County	TX	50	35,119	41.5%

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