Rockdale Inspire Academy

Size

Of the 5 high schools in Inspire Academies, Rockdale Inspire Academy is the largest, with 7.6% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 15.4 miles away and have a median of 309 students, so Rockdale Inspire Academy is smaller 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. 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 10 with 20 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 1, against an average of 10 per grade. This year grade 12 has 600% more students than grade 7 (7 against 1). 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

Black students are the largest group, at 39.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Inspire Academies (10.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 37.7%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

95.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 47.5% across Inspire Academies 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

Rockdale Inspire Academy has 5.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 61 students would have about 4.4 teachers, so Rockdale Inspire Academy has about as many as that.

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 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 high school is Rockdale High School, 1.6 miles away in Rockdale ISD. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 2 within 10 miles.

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