Turner Prekindergarten Academy

Size

Turner Prekindergarten Academy is the only school in Waxahachie ISD. Its 256 students are 2.3% of the district's 11,196. The 8 nearest schools are a median 29.7 miles away and have a median of 271 students, so Turner Prekindergarten Academy is close to their typical size.

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

Turner Prekindergarten Academy serves a single grade, pre-K, with 256 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 52% of enrollment, a higher share than across Waxahachie ISD (40.5%). Black students are next, at 24.2%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

73.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 48.7% across Waxahachie ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas 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

Turner Prekindergarten Academy has 17.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 256 students would have about 15.1 teachers, so Turner Prekindergarten Academy has 2.8 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

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 school is Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center, 13.5 miles away in Desoto ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

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