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Enrollment Analysis: African American students comprised 98.1% of Yellowstone College Preparatory School District's student body in 2021-22 school year

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

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

There were 154 African American students enrolled in Yellowstone College Preparatory School District in the 2021-22 school year, 32.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Yellowstone College Preparatory School District welcomed 157 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 98.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Yellowstone College Preparatory School District roughly covers schools within Harris County and has a main office in Houston.

Yellowstone College Preparatory was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming 154 students in the 2021-22 school year.

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.

Enrollment in Yellowstone College Preparatory School District During the Last 3 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of African American StudentsAfrican American students %
2021-2215715498.1
2020-2123022899.1
2019-2027326496.7

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