Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL·NCES 480004207989
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy
2000 J J FLEWELLEN RD, WACO, TX 76704 · (254) 799-4191 · McLennan County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
310 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy→Quinn Campus Public Middle School→Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School
Based on grade levels within RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
23.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 16.0% | 32.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 58.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 6.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 13.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy this school | 396 | 78.3% | 22.8% |
| Key Elementary School ARLINGTON | 391 | 81.8% | 28.4% |
| Lowery Road FORT WORTH | 414 | 81.2% | 40.1% |
| Thomas Elementary School ABILENE | 378 | 74.6% | 37.3% |
| Stewart Elementary School HITCHCOCK | 355 | 80.3% | 26.4% |
| Starrett Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 479 | 77.9% | 27.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,165 of 4,401 | #33 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,083 of 4,466 ▲ 42 | #25 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,415 of 4,466 ▼ 175 | #38 of 41 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #997 of 3,998 | #9 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #3,507 of 4,938 | #27 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #479 of 4,622 | #3 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #1,024 of 4,628 | #10 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #2,072 of 4,789 | #20 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #1,275 of 1,307 | #11 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
+227% since 2000-01, when it was 121
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 396 | 32.1 | 12.4:1 | 78% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 81% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 33.6 | 11.8:1 | 81% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 83% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 29.9 | 13.2:1 | 76% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 76% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 170 | 17 | 10.0:1 | 86% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 121 | 9 | 13.4:1 | 93% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (394 to 396); teachers up 7% (29.9 to 32.1).
About Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy
WACO, Texas, is home to Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy, a low-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 396 students in pre-K through 4. That puts enrollment 24% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
The 3 schools of RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, including Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy, enroll 898 students.
The biggest share of students at Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy, 42%, is Black. Other reported shares: 40% Hispanic, 12% White, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 14% Black among all McLennan County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
There are 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.4:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in McLennan County is 62%.
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy scores 17.5 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.8%; the prediction is 40.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for McLennan County show that median household income comes to about $66,643, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 124, with about 45,703 students.
Of the public schools around it, Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy is closest to G W Carver Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy at 3rd of 6.
Locale data from NCES put Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size). NCES lists Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy as a charter school.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 374 in 2020-21 to 396 in 2024-25.
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McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL
- Quinn Campus Public Middle SchoolMiddle · 269 students
- Paul and Jane Meyer Public High SchoolHigh · 233 students
Other schools in WACO
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
Nearby schools
- G W Carver Middle School0.3 mi · 723
- G L Wiley Opportunity Center0.8 mi · 98
- Challenge Academy0.8 mi · 1
- Challenge Academy0.8 mi · 2
- J H Hines Elementary School1.0 mi · 379
- Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School1.1 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Audre and Bernard Rapoport AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy?
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy serve?
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy is approximately 12.4:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy?
Student demographics at Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy are roughly 12% White, 40% Hispanic, 42% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy public or private?
Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.