AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S

AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S, a well-populated senior high in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by AUSTIN ISD, caters to 2,421 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 204% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 123 schools in AUSTIN ISD (72,272 students total), AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S shows that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 10% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 154 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

In the area at large, Travis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

PAREDES MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S has edged down 12%, going from 2,765 students in 2018 to 2,421 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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