AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER

AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER is an one-room-style secondary school in SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas, one of the schools within SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD. The school educates 20 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 97% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 9 schools in SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD (4,236 students total), AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 80% of students at AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hopkins County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hopkins County indicate median household income runs about $70,888, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER is one of 18 public schools in Hopkins County (combined enrollment of about 6,733 students).

Nearest neighbor: SULPHUR SPRINGS EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

AUSTIN ACADEMIC CENTER operates from a town-center location.

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