ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE

ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE is a secondary school of intimate scale in ABILENE, Texas, overseen by ABILENE ISD, enrolling 384 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 796.

ABILENE ISD comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,536 students; ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE is among them.

On demographics, ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE reports that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest consists of 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Taylor County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 84.8%, a residual of +29.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Taylor County) reports that median household income runs about $67,139, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE is one.

CRAIG MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.1%.

ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH & SCIENCE's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 384). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 38% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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