Priority Charter Schools Temple

Size

Of the 2 schools in Priority Charter Schools, Priority Charter Schools Temple is the largest, with 43.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest schools are a median 23.4 miles away and have a median of 224 students, so Priority Charter Schools Temple is close to their typical size.

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 pre-K with 27 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 3, against an average of 16 per grade. This year grade 12 has 61% fewer students than kindergarten (9 against 23). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 27 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 35.8% of enrollment, a higher share than across Priority Charter Schools (29.8%). Hispanic students are next, at 31.7%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 59.3% across Priority Charter Schools and a median of 61.6% for Texas 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

Priority Charter Schools Temple has 19.86 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 218 students would have about 19.8 teachers, so Priority Charter Schools Temple has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (11).

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 school is Wheatley Alternative Education Center, 5.5 miles away in Temple ISD. There are 0 schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

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