El Paso Standard

There were 410 African American students enrolled in Ysleta ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 21.8% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Ysleta ISD schools welcomed 36,183 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Ysleta ISD roughly covers schools within El Paso County and has a main office in El Paso.

Among the 51 schools in Ysleta ISD schools, Parkland High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 70 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	36,183	410	1.1%
2021-22	37,244	524	1.4%
2020-21	38,390	545	1.4%
2019-20	40,428	575	1.4%