Laredo Times

There were 3,264 Hispanic students enrolled in Zapata County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 5.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Zapata County welcomed 3,287 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 99.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Zapata County, Zapata High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 980 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.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Zapata High School	99.3	987
Zapata Middle School	99.1	808
Zapata North Elementary School	99.4	534
Zapata South Elementary School	99.6	467
Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary School	99.1	427
Benavides Elementary School	100	64