CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND

Set in AUSTIN, Texas, CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND is a rural-scale high school, run under CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY. It teaches 116 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 85% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, which oversees 2 schools and 524 students, CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.4%; CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND posts 64.3%, +20.9 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Travis County shows median household earnings sit near $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND is one.

The closest other public school is WEBB MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND has showed little movement, going from 116 students in 2018 to 116 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 59% to 74%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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