Panola Cs
Public high school (charter) in Carthage, Texas · Panola Charter School · Grades 8–12
Panola Cs serves 32 students in grades 8–12 in Carthage (Panola County). It is one of 3 schools in Panola Charter School. By enrollment it is the 1793rd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 32 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 1 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| District | Panola Charter School |
| County | Panola County |
| Area type | Rural, fringe |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480021308891 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Panola Charter School | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 32 | 184 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 32 | 26.3 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 99% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Panola Cs in context
Size
Of the 3 high schools in Panola Charter School, Panola Cs is the smallest, with 17.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 18.8 miles away and have a median of 288 students, so Panola Cs 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 12 with 10 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 4, against an average of 6 per grade. This year grade 12 has 150% more students than grade 8 (10 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
White students are the largest group, at 75% of enrollment, about the same share as across Panola Charter School (72.3%). Students from 4 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
Panola Cs has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 32 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 32 students would have about 2.3 teachers, so Panola Cs has 1.3 fewer.
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 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 high school is Panola Early College High School, 2.1 miles away in the same district. There are 2 high schools within 5 miles and 2 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 75% |
| Hispanic | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 9.4% |
| Black | 6.3% |
46.9% of students are girls and 53.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Grade 9 | 6 |
| Grade 10 | 7 |
| Grade 11 | 5 |
| Grade 12 | 10 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1110 Fm 10, Carthage, TX 75633
Phone: (903)693-6355
Website: panolaschools.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Panola Cs. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panola Early College High School | Panola Charter School | 2.1 mi | 55 | 27.5 | – |
| Carthage High School | Carthage ISD | 2.6 mi | 785 | 12.9 | 46% |
| Beckville Junior-Senior High School | Beckville ISD | 10.4 mi | 347 | 8.6 | 32.9% |
| Tatum High School | Tatum ISD | 16.6 mi | 437 | 12.5 | 51.9% |
| Elysian Fields High School | Elysian Fields ISD | 20.9 mi | 229 | 8.7 | 42.4% |
| Garrison High School | Garrison ISD | 22.4 mi | 221 | 9.6 | 57% |
| Center High School | Center ISD | 24.0 mi | 662 | 13.1 | 74.8% |
| Roughrider Academy | Center ISD | 24.0 mi | 43 | 11.2 | 60.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Panola Charter School
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panola Early College High School | High | 8–12 | 55 |
| Texas Early College High School | High | 8–12 | 97 |