Richards School for Young Women Leaders

Size

Of the 22 high schools in Austin ISD, Richards School for Young Women Leaders is the 11th largest, with 1.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.3 miles away and have a median of 106 students, so Richards School for Young Women Leaders is larger 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.

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 7 with 163 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 95, against an average of 131 per grade. This year grade 12 has 29% fewer students than grade 6 (114 against 161). 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 46.3% of enrollment, a lower share than across Austin ISD (54.4%). White students are next, at 40.5%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

36.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 51.1% across Austin ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

Richards School for Young Women Leaders has 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 920 students would have about 65.7 teachers, so Richards School for Young Women Leaders has 13 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 city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Premier High School-Austin South Campus, 0.8 miles away in Premier High Schools. There are 15 high schools within 5 miles and 39 within 10 miles.

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