Classical Academy - Permian Basin

Size

Classical Academy - Permian Basin is the 10th largest of Texas College Preparatory Academies' 17 elementary schools; its 218 students are 1.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1 miles away with a median enrollment of 581; Classical Academy - Permian Basin is smaller than most of them.

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 4 with 33 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 15, against an average of 24 per grade. This year grade 8 has 27% fewer students than kindergarten (19 against 26). 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: 46.3% here and 31.4% across Texas College Preparatory Academies. White students are next, at 37.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

34.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 37.6% across Texas College Preparatory Academies and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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

With 18.41 full-time-equivalent teachers for 218 students, Classical Academy - Permian Basin has 11.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 218 students would have about 14.7 teachers, so Classical Academy - Permian Basin has 3.7 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

Classical Academy - Permian Basin is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other elementary school is Bonham Elementary School, 0.5 miles away in Midland ISD. Within 10 miles there are 27 other elementary schools, 26 of them within 5 miles.

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