Zapata County Chamber of Commerce

+
Accommodations
+
Attractions
+
Membership Directory
-
Community Profile
+
Churches
+
County Officials
+
Education
+
Small Business Development Center
+
Dining
+
Master Plan

Education

ACCORDING TO THE 2000 CENSUS, 53.1% OF THE POPULATION OF ZAPATA COUNTY HAD A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR HIGHER & 8.7% HAD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER

EDUCATION ATTAINMENT OF POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER IN 2003:
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE 27.8%
SOME COLLEGE, NO DEGREE 15.0%
BACHELOR'S DEGREE 5.6%
GRADUATE DEGREE 2.9%


SCHOOL DISTRICTS

ZAPATA COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

TOTAL ENROLLMENT 3200
12TH GRADE ENROLLMENT 172

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS-----4
(2 NEW REPLACEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE
2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR)
MIDDLE SCHOOL-----1
HIGH SCHOOL------1

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
SUNRISE ACADEMY------1
LAKESHORE TABERNACLE-1

HIGHER EDUCATION WITHIN 150 MILES (5-FOUR YEAR AND 4-TWO YEAR COLLEGES)

LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2 YEAR) LAREDO
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE (2 YEAR) MC ALLEN
TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE (2 YEAR) BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (2 YEAR) HARLINGEN
TEXAS A & M-CORPUS CHRISTI CORPUS CHRISTI
TEXAS A & M-INTERNATIONAL LAREDO
TEXAS A & M-KINGSVILLE KINGSVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-BROWNSVILLE BROWNSVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN EDINBURG



Back to Zapata Community Profile Page