Methodist Children's Home

Size

Of the 13 high schools in University of Texas University Charter School, Methodist Children's Home is the largest, with 16.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.4 miles away and have a median of 181 students, so Methodist Children's Home 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 21 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 7, against an average of 14 per grade. This year grade 12 has 100% more students than grade 6 (14 against 7). 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

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 34.4% of enrollment, a lower share than across University of Texas University Charter School (36.3%). Black students are next, at 32.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.

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

Teachers

Methodist Children's Home has 10.95 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 96 students would have about 6.9 teachers, so Methodist Children's Home 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

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Challenge Academy, 0.7 miles away in Waco ISD. There are 10 high schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

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