Texasworks - Abilene

Size

Of the 17 high schools in Texas Works, Texasworks - Abilene is the 4th largest, with 8.1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 136; Texasworks - Abilene 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 12 with 16 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 3, against an average of 9 per grade. This year grade 12 has 433% more students than grade 9 (16 against 3). 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 White students: 55.6% here and 11.9% across Texas Works. Hispanic students are next, at 33.3%. 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. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 1 full-time-equivalent teachers for 36 students, Texasworks - Abilene has 36 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 36 students would have about 2.6 teachers, so Texasworks - Abilene has 1.6 fewer.

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

Location

Texasworks - Abilene is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. Premier H S of Abilene (in Premier High Schools) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 10 other high schools, 10 of them within 5 miles.

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