Rise Academy
Public elementary school (charter) in Lubbock, Texas · Rise Academy · Grades Pre-K–8
Rise Academy serves 307 students in grades Pre-K–8 in Lubbock (Lubbock County). It is the only school in Rise Academy. By enrollment it is the 4085th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16.9 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 18.15 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–8 |
| District | Rise Academy |
| County | Lubbock County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480014108325 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Rise Academy | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 307 | 307 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 16.9 | 16.9 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 83% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Rise Academy in context
Size
Rise Academy is the only school in Rise Academy, so its 307 students are the district's whole enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 416; Rise Academy 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 pre-K with 82 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 11, against an average of 31 per grade. This year grade 8 has 80% fewer students than kindergarten (11 against 56). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 82 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Black students: 64.5% here and 12.8% across Texas public schools. Hispanic students are next, at 30.3%. 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. State shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 18.15 full-time-equivalent teachers for 307 students, Rise Academy has 16.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 307 students would have about 20.7 teachers, so Rise Academy has 2.6 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Rise Academy is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Alderson Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in Lubbock ISD. Within 10 miles there are 42 other elementary schools, 16 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 64.5% |
| Hispanic | 30.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |
| White | 1% |
53.7% of students are girls and 46.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 82 |
| Kindergarten | 56 |
| Grade 1 | 30 |
| Grade 2 | 34 |
| Grade 3 | 25 |
| Grade 4 | 17 |
| Grade 5 | 21 |
| Grade 6 | 17 |
| Grade 7 | 14 |
| Grade 8 | 11 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
207 N Martin Luther King Blvd, Lubbock, TX 79403
Phone: (806)744-0438
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Rise Academy. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderson Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 0.6 mi | 435 | 13.2 | 99.3% |
| Betty M Condra School for Education Innovation | Betty M Condra School for Education Innovation | 2.1 mi | 187 | 9.6 | 80.2% |
| Ervin Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 2.3 mi | 396 | 12.7 | 95.7% |
| Carmona-Harrison Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 2.4 mi | 578 | 15.2 | 95.5% |
| Ramirez Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 2.5 mi | 470 | 12.4 | 45.7% |
| Bean Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 2.9 mi | 218 | 12.8 | 93.6% |
| Bean Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 2.9 mi | 235 | 15.7 | 98.3% |
| McWhorter Elementary School | Lubbock ISD | 3.2 mi | 527 | 13.2 | 90.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.