https://statplate.com/ Data findings from primary sources: Texas school performance for every campus, the real odds of going pro, and clips from people working in tech. en-us https://statplate.com/stories/black-hispanic-software-developers https://statplate.com/stories/black-hispanic-software-developers An office of 100 U.S. software developers averages about 5 Black and 6 Hispanic engineers. That ratio is set long before anyone reaches an interview. It is visible in Texas classrooms at age 8. The pipeline Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/odds-of-going-pro https://statplate.com/stories/odds-of-going-pro Schools have celebrated the star athlete over the top student since at least 1961, and pro sports is the one elite pipeline whose stars are mostly Black. Betting on varsity is a response to real incentives. The catch: the NFL drafts about 1 in 900 high school players. The athlete channel Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/readiness-up-college-down https://statplate.com/stories/readiness-up-college-down Texas' official readiness measure and actual college enrollment have moved in opposite directions, for Black students and for everyone else. Ready on paper Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/the-access-gap https://statplate.com/stories/the-access-gap At hundreds of Texas high schools, Black students complete advanced courses less often than their own test scores predict. Advanced-course access Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/before-third-grade https://statplate.com/stories/before-third-grade The Black-White math gap is already about 28 points at third grade, the state's first measurement, and stays that size through 8th. Where the gap opens Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/is-it-income https://statplate.com/stories/is-it-income Black students statewide score below low-income students of all races, so income alone cannot explain the gap. The usual explanation, tested Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/the-majority-pipeline https://statplate.com/stories/the-majority-pipeline Hispanic students are the largest group in Texas schools, and fewer than four in ten clear any of the state's tested college-readiness bars. The majority Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/montgomery-county-sat-participation https://statplate.com/stories/montgomery-county-sat-participation Black students' SAT/ACT participation climbed statewide while Montgomery County's fell 9 points. The county diverged from a rising state. The sharpest local finding Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/covid-algebra https://statplate.com/stories/covid-algebra Six years on, no group in Texas is close to its 2019 level on the state's universal Algebra I test. COVID and algebra Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/the-frozen-gap https://statplate.com/stories/the-frozen-gap Texas' readiness metric says the Black-White gap is closing fast. The test-score metric says it hasn't moved in a decade. Two metrics, two verdicts Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/math-gap-or-verbal-gap https://statplate.com/stories/math-gap-or-verbal-gap Against White classmates, Black students' SAT gap is the same in math and reading. Against the college-ready bar, it is overwhelmingly math. The stereotype, tested Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://statplate.com/stories/county-league https://statplate.com/stories/county-league Texas counties ranked by Black graduates enrolling in a Texas college, classes of 2020-2022 pooled. County rankings Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT