Hill Country Chronicle

There were 15 African American students enrolled in Uvalde CISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Uvalde CISD schools welcomed 4,071 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Uvalde CISD roughly covers schools within Uvalde County and has a main office in Uvalde.

Among the seven schools in Uvalde CISD schools, Dalton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of African American Students	African American students %
2022-23	4,071	15	0.4%
2021-22	4,116	16	0.4%
2020-21	4,150	12	0.3%
2019-20	4,265	15	0.4%