The Academy of Viola Dewalt High School

Size

Of the 2 high schools in La Porte ISD, The Academy of Viola Dewalt High School is the smallest, with 2.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 6 miles away and have a median of 1,172 students, so The Academy of Viola Dewalt High School 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.

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 60 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 17, against an average of 41 per grade. This year grade 12 has 253% more students than grade 9 (60 against 17). 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

White students are the largest group, at 47.2% of enrollment, a higher share than across La Porte ISD (33.6%). Hispanic students are next, at 44.2%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

47.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 48.3% across La Porte ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high 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

The Academy of Viola Dewalt High School has 20.09 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 163 students would have about 11.6 teachers, so The Academy of Viola Dewalt High School has 8.5 more.

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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is La Porte High School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. There are 3 high schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

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