Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Ambassadors Preparatory Academy School District welcomed 170 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 57.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Ambassadors Preparatory Academy School District roughly covers schools within Galveston County and has a main office in Galveston.
Ambassadors Preparatory Academy was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming 97 students in the 2022-23 school year.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students... dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools... gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of African American Students | African American students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 170 | 97 | 57.1% |
| 2021-22 | 190 | 100 | 52.6% |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 114 | 46.3% |
| 2019-20 | 281 | 123 | 43.8% |
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