Houston Republic

There were 483 African American students enrolled in Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School District in the 2022-23 school year, 8.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School District welcomed 497 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 97.2% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School District roughly covers schools within Harris County and has a main office in Houston.

Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming 483 students in the 2022-23 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of African American Students	African American students %
2022-23	497	483	97.2%
2021-22	462	447	96.8%
2020-21	470	454	96.6%
2019-20	472	451	95.6%