Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
There were 3,376 students in the halls of Zapata County ISD schools, 2.7% higher than the year before.
Enrollment in Zapata County was steady compared to the state’s trend of increasing enrollment.
Out of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.9% of them were boys, and 47.1% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic, representing 99.4% of the Zapata County ISD total enrollment.
Zapata County ISD has a main office in Zapata and is the only school district within Zapata County.
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.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.
| School | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2021-22 | Total % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides Elementary School | 61 | 64 | -4.7% |
| Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary School | 449 | 427 | 5.2% |
| Zapata High School | 1,034 | 987 | 4.8% |
| Zapata Middle School | 784 | 808 | -3% |
| Zapata North Elementary School | 581 | 534 | 8.8% |
| Zapata South Elementary School | 467 | 467 | 0% |
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