Enrollment Analysis: African American students comprised 13% of Allen ISD schools' student body in 2021-22 school year

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

There were 2,789 African American students enrolled in Allen ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Allen ISD schools welcomed 21,463 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 13% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Allen ISD roughly covers schools within Collin County and has a main office in Allen.

Among the 24 schools in Allen ISD schools, Allen High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 712 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 %
2021-22	21,463	2,789	13
2020-21	21,617	2,777	12.8
2019-20	21,880	2,821	12.9