Ft Worth Times

There were 14,630 African American students enrolled in Fort Worth ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Fort Worth ISD schools welcomed 72,783 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 20.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Fort Worth ISD roughly covers schools within Tarrant County and has a main office in Fort Worth.

Among the 138 schools in Fort Worth ISD schools, Eastern Hills High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 589 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	72,783	14,630	20.1%
2021-22	74,850	15,408	20.6%
2020-21	76,858	16,167	21%
2019-20	82,891	18,013	21.7%