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Texas Empowerment Academy School District Education: 356 African American students were enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

Commissioner of education mike morath 2023

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

There were 356 African American students enrolled in Texas Empowerment Academy School District in the 2021-22 school year, 9.9% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Texas Empowerment Academy School District welcomed 413 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 86.2% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Texas Empowerment Academy School District roughly covers schools within Travis County and has a main office in Austin.

Among the two schools in Texas Empowerment Academy School District, Texas Empowerment Academy recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 240 students.

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.

Ethnicities in Texas Empowerment Academy School District in 2021-22 School Year
African American [86.2%]Hispanic [10.7%]Ethnicities < 5% [3.1%]

Enrollment in Texas Empowerment Academy School District During the Last 3 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of African American StudentsAfrican American students %
2021-2241335686.2
2020-2136032490
2019-2036632588.8

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