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Air Toxics at School 2019

Basic state info

StateTX
Number of schools11,225
Number of public schools9,584
Number of private schools1,188
Number of higher ed schools453
Average toxic hazard at schools10,200

This state's average toxic air hazard at schools is 2.26 times the national average at schools.

Top 5 facilities by number of schools affected in state

(Table ranks facilities by the number of schools in the state where the facility's pollution creates a Toxic Hazard of at least 0.01)

FacilityParent Company# Schools
EXXON MOBIL CORP IRVING TERMINALExxon Mobil2,249
OWENS CORNING ROOFING & ASPHALT LLC IRVINGOwens Corning2,246
US PLATING LPUS PLATING LP2,218
REDI-MIX - NORTH DALLASU.S. Concrete Inc.2,218
ALLIED AVIATION FUELING CO OF TEXASALLIED AVIATION HOLDING CO2,209

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Top 5 chemicals by number of schools affected in state

(Table ranks chemicals by the number of schools in the state where the chemical creates a Toxic Hazard of at least 0.01)

Chemical# Schools
Nickel8,719
Lead compounds8,534
Chromium8,364
Naphthalene8,073
Lead8,044

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Individual schools

SchoolCityStateToxic Hazardpercentile in US down arrow . percentile in state
GRUVER J HGRUVERTX0.0099th99th
CANADIAN ELCANADIANTX0.0099th99th
BAKER ELCANADIANTX0.0099th99th
CANADIAN H SCANADIANTX0.0099th99th
CANADIAN MIDDLECANADIANTX0.0099th99th
HAYNES ELPECOSTX0.0099th99th
COTULLA H SCOTULLATX0.0099th99th
FRANK NEWMAN MIDDLECOTULLATX0.0099th99th
RAMIREZ-BURKS ELCOTULLATX0.0099th99th
EVANT ELEVANTTX0.0099th99th
EVANT H SEVANTTX0.0099th99th
FORT ELLIOTT SCHOOLBRISCOETX0.0099th99th
WHEELER SCHOOLWHEELERTX0.0099th99th
FLORENCE J SCOTT ELROMATX0.0099th99th
MARATHON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTMARATHONTX0.0099th99th
WEBB D A E PBRUNITX0.0099th99th
ZAPATA NORTH ELZAPATATX0.0099th99th
SPEARMAN H SSPEARMANTX0.0099th99th
VYSEHRAD ELHALLETTSVILLETX0.0099th99th
ADRIAN SCHOOLADRIANTX0.0099th99th