AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY

AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY is an elementary school of cozy scale in WACO, Texas, overseen by RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, enrolling 396 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

RAPOPORT ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 898 students; AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY reports that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 40% Hispanic, 12% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of McLennan County's rate of about 62%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.7%; AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY posts 19.2%, -20.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for McLennan County put the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY is one.

G W CARVER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY operates from a high-density location. AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUDRE AND BERNARD RAPOPORT ACADEMY has stayed largely flat, going from 394 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 17% to 12% across the same window.

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