Panola Early College High School
Public high school (charter) in Carthage, Texas · Panola Charter School · Grades 8–12
Panola Early College High School serves 55 students in grades 8–12 in Carthage (Panola County). It is one of 3 schools in Panola Charter School. By enrollment it is the 1736th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 27.5 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 ÷ 2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| District | Panola Charter School |
| County | Panola County |
| Area type | Town, distant |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480021312565 |
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 | 55 | 184 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 27.5 | 26.3 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 97% 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 Early College High School in context
Size
Of the 3 high schools in Panola Charter School, Panola Early College High School is the 2nd largest, with 29.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 17.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 239; Panola Early College High School is smaller than most of them.
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 16 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 7, against an average of 11 per grade. This year grade 12 has 129% more students than grade 8 (16 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
The largest group is White students: 90.9% here and 72.3% across Panola Charter School.
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
With 2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 55 students, Panola Early College High School has 27.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 55 students would have about 3.9 teachers, so Panola Early College High School has 1.9 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Panola Early College High School is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, distant. The nearest other high school is Carthage High School, 0.7 miles away in Carthage ISD. Within 10 miles there are 3 other high schools, 2 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 90.9% |
| Hispanic | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |
41.8% of students are girls and 58.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 8 | 7 |
| Grade 9 | 7 |
| Grade 10 | 11 |
| Grade 11 | 14 |
| Grade 12 | 16 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
820 W Panola, Carthage, TX 75633
Phone: (903)693-6355
Website: panolaschools.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Panola Early College High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage High School | Carthage ISD | 0.7 mi | 785 | 12.9 | 46% |
| Panola Cs | Panola Charter School | 2.1 mi | 32 | 32 | – |
| Beckville Junior-Senior High School | Beckville ISD | 8.6 mi | 347 | 8.6 | 32.9% |
| Tatum High School | Tatum ISD | 14.7 mi | 437 | 12.5 | 51.9% |
| Elysian Fields High School | Elysian Fields ISD | 19.5 mi | 229 | 8.7 | 42.4% |
| Garrison High School | Garrison ISD | 24.2 mi | 221 | 9.6 | 57% |
| Texas Early College High School | Panola Charter School | 24.3 mi | 97 | 24.3 | – |
| Mt Enterprise High School | Mount Enterprise ISD | 25.5 mi | 249 | 10.2 | 55% |
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 Cs | High | 8–12 | 32 |
| Texas Early College High School | High | 8–12 | 97 |