BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY

As a roomy four-year high school in FORT STOCKTON, Texas, BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY teaches 2,039 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within FORT STOCKTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 156% bigger than typical.

FORT STOCKTON ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 13,480 students. BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 18% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 2039.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Pecos County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,750 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 12 public schools in Pecos County (combined enrollment of about 14,033 students).

LONE STAR VIRTUAL ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

BUTZ PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a small-town location.

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