Ume Preparatory Academy

Size

Of the 3 elementary schools in Ume Preparatory Academy, Ume Preparatory Academy is the largest, with 31.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.5 miles away and have a median of 487 students, so Ume Preparatory Academy is close to their typical size.

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 6 with 84 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 67, against an average of 77 per grade. This year grade 6 has 25% more students than kindergarten (84 against 67). 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 61.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Ume Preparatory Academy (52.5%). White students are next, at 24.1%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

49.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 42% across Ume Preparatory Academy and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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

Ume Preparatory Academy has 29.22 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 540 students would have about 36.5 teachers, so Ume Preparatory Academy has 7.3 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

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 elementary school is La Academia De Estrellas, 2.1 miles away in La Academia De Estrellas. There are 47 elementary schools within 5 miles and 165 within 10 miles.

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