El Paso Standard

There were 11 African American students enrolled in Burnham Wood Charter School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 26.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Burnham Wood Charter School District schools welcomed 1,359 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Burnham Wood Charter School District roughly covers schools within El Paso County and has a main office in El Paso.

Among the three schools in Burnham Wood Charter School District schools, Davinci School for Science and the Arts recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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	1,359	11	0.8%
2021-22	1,376	15	1.1%
2020-21	1,252	18	1.4%
2019-20	1,079	22	2%