Dallas City Wire

There were 68 African American students enrolled in Richland Collegiate High School District in the 2022-23 school year, 22.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Richland Collegiate High School District welcomed 264 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 25.8% 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 68 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	264	68	25.8%
2021-22	336	88	26.2%
2020-21	498	134	26.9%
2019-20	527	135	25.6%