Butz Preparatory Academy

Size

Butz Preparatory Academy is the 2nd largest of Fort Stockton ISD's 3 high schools; its 2,039 students are 15.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 48 miles away with a median enrollment of 486; Butz Preparatory Academy is larger 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.

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 9 with 1,012 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 124, against an average of 510 per grade. This year grade 12 has 88% fewer students than grade 9 (124 against 1,012). 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

The largest group is Hispanic students: 47.8% here and 50.1% across Fort Stockton ISD. White students are next, at 27.1%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 69.8% across Fort Stockton ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

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

Teachers

With 1 full-time-equivalent teachers for 2,039 students, Butz Preparatory Academy has 2,039 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,039 students would have about 145.6 teachers, so Butz Preparatory Academy has 144.6 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Butz Preparatory Academy is in a town more than 35 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, remote. Lone Star Virtual Academy (in the same district) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 2 of them within 5 miles.

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