Hill Country Youth Ranch

Size

Of the 2 schools in Big Springs Charter School, Hill Country Youth Ranch is the smallest, with 42.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest schools are a median 39.6 miles away and have a median of 267 students, so Hill Country Youth Ranch 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 14 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 1, against an average of 6 per grade. This year grade 12 has 500% more students than kindergarten (6 against 1). 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

White students are the largest group, at 52.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across Big Springs Charter School (46.9%). Hispanic students are next, at 37.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

70.3% 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

Hill Country Youth Ranch has 7.92 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 74 students would have about 6.7 teachers, so Hill Country Youth Ranch has 1.2 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, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other school is Medina School, 20.4 miles away in Medina ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

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