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Enrollment Analysis: African American students comprised 57.3% of Excel Academy School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

There were 146 African American students enrolled in Excel Academy School District in the 2022-23 school year, 30.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Excel Academy School District welcomed 255 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 57.3% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Excel Academy School District roughly covers schools within Harris County and has a main office in Houston.

Among the four schools in Excel Academy School District, Harris County Juvenile Detention Center recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 83 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 Excel Academy School District in 2022-23 School Year
African American (57.3%)Hispanic (36.1%)Ethnicities < 5% (6.6%)

Enrollment in Excel Academy School District During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of African American StudentsAfrican American students %
2022-2325514657.3%
2021-2221711251.6%
2020-212068742.2%
2019-2031716853%

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