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Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School

Public high school (charter) in Waco, Texas · Rapoport Academy Public School · Grades 9–12

Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School serves 233 students in grades 9–12 in Waco (McLennan County). It is one of 3 schools in Rapoport Academy Public School. By enrollment it is the 1267th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 9 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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.

233
students
9
students per teacher
56.2%
free/reduced lunch eligible
9–12
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 25.78 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School, charter
LevelHigh
Grades9–12
DistrictRapoport Academy Public School
CountyMcLennan County
Area typeCity, midsize
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID480004211302

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolRapoport Academy Public SchoolTexas high schools (median)
Students233898457
Students per teacher911.214
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible56.2%68.9%63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 16% 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.

Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School in context

Size

Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School is the only high school in Rapoport Academy Public School. Its 233 students are 25.9% of the district's 898. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 112; Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School is larger 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 11 with 66 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 48, against an average of 58 per grade. This year grade 12 has 17% fewer students than grade 9 (48 against 58). 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 Hispanic students: 52.4% here and 45.5% across Rapoport Academy Public School. Black students are next, at 22.7%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

56.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 68.9% across Rapoport Academy Public School 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 25.78 full-time-equivalent teachers for 233 students, Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School has 9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 233 students would have about 16.6 teachers, so Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School has 9.2 more.

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

Location

Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other high school is Methodist Children's Home, 2 miles away in University of Texas University Charter School. Within 10 miles there are 13 other high schools, 9 of them within 5 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
52.4%
Black
22.7%
White
20.6%
Two or more races
3%
Asian
1.3%

48.9% of students are girls and 51.1% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 9
58
Grade 10
61
Grade 11
66
Grade 12
48

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

1020 Elm Ave Bld 500, Waco, TX 76704
Phone: (254)754-2288
Website: rapoportacademy.org

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Methodist Children's HomeUniversity of Texas University Charter School2.0 mi968.8–
Bill Logue Detention CenterWaco ISD2.1 mi1191.772.7%
La Vega High SchoolLa Vega ISD2.5 mi88113.788.3%
Challenge AcademyWaco ISD2.7 mi5213.492.3%
Waco Center for YouthAxtell ISD2.9 mi699.947.8%
Harmony School of Innovation - WacoHarmony Public Schools - North Texas3.4 mi61416.286.2%
Premier H S of WacoPremier High Schools3.8 mi12820.284.4%
Waco High SchoolWaco ISD4.3 mi1,88513.483.7%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Rapoport Academy Public School

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Audre and Bernard Rapoport AcademyElementaryPre-K–4396
Quinn Campus Public Middle SchoolMiddle5–8269