Dallas City Wire

There were 88 African American students enrolled in Richland Collegiate High School District in the 2021-22 school year, 34.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Richland Collegiate High School District welcomed 336 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 26.2% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Richland Collegiate High School District roughly covers schools within Dallas County and has a main office in Dallas.

Richland Collegiate High School of Math Science Engineerin was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming 88 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of African American Students	African American students %
2021-22	336	88	26.2
2020-21	498	134	26.9
2019-20	527	135	25.6