Lubbock Times

There were 3,476 African American students enrolled in Lubbock ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Lubbock ISD schools welcomed 25,659 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 13.5% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the 48 schools in Lubbock ISD schools, Estacado High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 388 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	25,659	3,476	13.5
2020-21	26,451	3,610	13.6
2019-20	27,348	3,738	13.7