Student Body
As of 2010, NFISD had 7,410 students. 68.6% of the students were Black, 30.8% of the students were Hispanic, .5% were White, and .1% were Asian or Pacific Islander. 100% were classified as economically disadvantaged. At that time the district had over 1,050 employees.
In 1980 80% of the students were African American. In 1989 the student body consisted of mainly urban working-class people. It was overwhelmingly African American.
In 1996 the enrollment at NFISD began to decline. The student body steadily declined; it had 13,132 students in the 1993-1994 school year, while it had 11,699 in the 2001-2002 school year. This was an 11% decline over a nine-year period. During the 2001-2002 school year, Both NFISD high schools had 2,837 students, while the capacities of the schools combined was 5,875, giving a classroom usage percentage of 48%. On March 18, 2003 the district had 11,217 students, fewer than the expected 11,650. From 1997 to 2007 the district student population decreased by 35%, to below 9,000 students.
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