Waco Reporter

There were five African American students enrolled in Cranfills Gap ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cranfills Gap ISD schools welcomed 126 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 4% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Cranfills Gap ISD roughly covers schools within Bosque County and has a main office in Cranfills Gap.

Cranfills Gap School was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming five students in the 2022-23 school year.

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	126	5	4%
2021-22	132	5	3.8%
2020-21	129	3	2.3%
2019-20	128	4	3.1%