Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy

Size

Of the 2 high schools in Cleveland ISD, Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy is the smallest, with 1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 10.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,132; Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy 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.

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 12 with 55 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 4, against an average of 32 per grade. This year grade 12 has 1,275% more students than grade 9 (55 against 4). 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: 84.5% here and 86.9% across Cleveland ISD. White students are next, at 10.1%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

93.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 92.8% across Cleveland 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 5.78 full-time-equivalent teachers for 129 students, Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy has 22.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 129 students would have about 9.2 teachers, so Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy has 3.4 fewer.

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

Location

Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other high school is Cleveland High School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 4 other high schools, 1 of them within 5 miles.

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