Thomas Buzbee Vocational School

Size

Thomas Buzbee Vocational School is the only school in Raven School, so its 42 students are the district's whole enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 13.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,608; Thomas Buzbee Vocational 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. 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 29 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 2, against an average of 11 per grade. This year grade 12 has 90% fewer students than grade 9 (3 against 29). 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 Black students: 38.1% here and 12.8% across Texas public schools. Hispanic students are next, at 33.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

92.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch 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. State shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 5.25 full-time-equivalent teachers for 42 students, Thomas Buzbee Vocational School has 8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 42 students would have about 3 teachers, so Thomas Buzbee Vocational School has 2.3 more.

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

Location

Thomas Buzbee Vocational School is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other high school is New Waverly High School, 4.4 miles away in New Waverly ISD. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 1 of them within 5 miles.

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