Far West Texas News

There were two African American students enrolled in Marfa ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Marfa ISD schools welcomed 270 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 0.7% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Marfa Schools was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming two students in the 2021-22 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 %
2021-22	270	2	0.7
2020-21	294	2	0.7
2019-20	329	8	2.4