Dallas City Wire

There were 191 African American students enrolled in the Academy for Academic Excellence School District in the 2022-23 school year, 34.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that the Academy for Academic Excellence School District welcomed 358 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 53.4% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

The Academy for Academic Excellence School District roughly covers schools within Dallas County and has a main office in Dallas.

Among the four schools in the Academy for Academic Excellence School District, Dallas County Juvenile Justice recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 122 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	358	191	53.4%
2021-22	297	142	47.8%
2020-21	308	154	50%
2019-20	493	210	42.6%