Huston Academy

Size

Of the 2 high schools in Erath Excels Academy Inc, Huston Academy is the smallest, with 32.7% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 18.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 261; Huston 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. 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 11 with 16 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 5, against an average of 9 per grade. This year grade 12 has 40% more students than grade 9 (7 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

The largest group is White students: 77.1% here and 37.4% across Erath Excels Academy Inc. Hispanic students are next, at 17.1%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

77.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 77.1% across Erath Excels Academy Inc 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 6.47 full-time-equivalent teachers for 35 students, Huston Academy has 5.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 35 students would have about 2.5 teachers, so Huston Academy has 4 more.

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

Location

Huston 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 Stephenville High School, 1.9 miles away in Stephenville ISD. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 1 of them within 5 miles.

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