Chaparral Star Academy
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 47% smaller than its 8th grade class (38).
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 53.0% | 36.0% | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 45.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% | 7.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 89.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
| 2020-21 | 75.0% | 41.0% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 364 | 25.1 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 23.4 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 24.5 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 27.1 | 14.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 140 | 9 | 15.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (381 to 364); teachers down 7% (27.1 to 25.1).
About Chaparral Star Academy
Chaparral Star Academy is a small school serving multiple grade levels in AUSTIN, Texas, (ZIP code 78728). There are 364 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 12. That puts enrollment 25% below the 485-student average for combined schools in Texas.
Chaparral Star Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.
About 37% of students at Chaparral Star Academy are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 28% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. Travis County's residents are about 55% White, 18 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
Chaparral Star Academy has 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.5:1. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Texas is 11.7:1.
The school's county is Travis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Premier High School-Austin Wells Branch, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. Chaparral Star Academy is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 370 in 2020-21 and 364 in 2024-25.
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