Enrollment Analysis: African American students comprised 9.6% of Prosper ISD schools' student body in 2022-23 school year

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There were 2,388 African American students enrolled in Prosper ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Prosper ISD schools welcomed 24,983 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 9.6% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the 22 schools in Prosper ISD schools, Rock Hill High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 375 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	24,983	2,388	9.6%
2021-22	21,780	2,073	9.5%
2020-21	19,138	1,813	9.5%
2019-20	16,857	1,518	9%