Big Springs Charter School

Size

Of the 2 schools in Big Springs Charter School, Big Springs Charter School is the largest, with 57.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest schools are a median 33 miles away and have a median of 222 students, so Big Springs Charter School is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 10 with 16 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 1, against an average of 8 per grade. This year grade 12 has 60% more students than kindergarten (8 against 5). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 55.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Big Springs Charter School (48%). White students are next, at 42.6%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 66.9% across Big Springs Charter School and a median of 61.6% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Big Springs Charter School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 101 students would have about 9.2 teachers, so Big Springs Charter School has 1.8 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (11).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other school is Leakey School, 8.7 miles away in Leakey ISD. There are 0 schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.