Zapata County Independent School District enrolled 3,290 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 2.1% decrease from 3,359 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 52.1% were boys and 47.9% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic (3,276), representing 99.6% of the district’s total enrollment. White students were the second-largest group, totaling eight students (0.2%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was eleventh grade, with 281 students enrolled that year, accounting for 8.5% of the total student body.
The district covers six schools, and has a central office in Zapata.
Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.
About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.
A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Zapata High School | 1,065 |
| Zapata Middle School | 730 |
| Zapata North Elementary School | 571 |
| Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementary School | 445 |
| Zapata South Elementary School | 428 |
| Benavides Elementary School | 51 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
