The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin
Public high school (charter) in Austin, Texas · The Excel Center (For Adults) · Grades 9–12
The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin serves 114 students in grades 9–12 in Austin (Travis County). It is one of 7 schools in The Excel Center (For Adults). By enrollment it is the 1564th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 17.2 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 6.61 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | The Excel Center (For Adults) |
| County | Travis County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480144813834 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | The Excel Center (For Adults) | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 114 | 1,196 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 17.2 | 21.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 81% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin in context
Size
The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin is the 4th largest of The Excel Center (For Adults)'s 7 high schools; its 114 students are 9.5% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.4 miles away and have a median of 317 students, so The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin 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 9 with 71 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 4, against an average of 29 per grade. This year grade 12 has 94% fewer students than grade 9 (4 against 71). 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 64% of enrollment, a higher share than across The Excel Center (For Adults) (58.6%). Black students are next, at 19.3%. Students from 6 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
The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin has 6.61 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 114 students would have about 8.1 teachers, so The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin has 1.5 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 Harmony School of Excellence - Austin, 0.4 miles away in Harmony Public Schools - Central Texas. There are 19 high schools within 5 miles and 37 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 64% |
| Black | 19.3% |
| White | 8.8% |
| Asian | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |
71.9% of students are girls and 28.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 71 |
| Grade 10 | 24 |
| Grade 11 | 15 |
| Grade 12 | 4 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1901 E Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78741
Phone: (512)531-5500
Website: excelcenterhighschool.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Excellence - Austin | Harmony Public Schools - Central Texas | 0.4 mi | 497 | 13.3 | 90.1% |
| KIPP Austin Brave | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 1.1 mi | 490 | 12.9 | 88.6% |
| Graduation Preparatory Academy | Austin ISD | 1.2 mi | 69 | 23 | 85.5% |
| Travis Early College High School | Austin ISD | 1.2 mi | 1,011 | 13 | 84.7% |
| Leadership Academy | Austin ISD | 1.5 mi | 23 | 3.6 | 82.6% |
| Travis County Juvenile Detention Center | Austin ISD | 1.5 mi | 30 | 5.4 | 76.7% |
| Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School | Wayside Schools | 2.1 mi | 554 | 13.6 | 88.3% |
| Premier High School-Austin South Campus | Premier High Schools | 2.3 mi | 143 | 23.8 | 57.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in The Excel Center (For Adults)
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Moore | High | 9–12 | 140 |
| Connally | High | 9–12 | 83 |
| Diboll | High | 9–12 | 75 |
| Stiles | High | 9–11 | 95 |
| The Excel Center (For Adults) | High | 9–12 | 571 |
| The Excel Center for Adults - Lockhart | High | 9–12 | 118 |