COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY

As a very small high school in TAFT, Texas, COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY caters to 72 students from grades 7 through 12, run under ERATH EXCELS ACADEMY INC. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

Within ERATH EXCELS ACADEMY INC, which oversees 2 schools and 107 students, COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Patricio County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Patricio County put median household earnings sit near $69,704, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, San Patricio County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,920 students), of which COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is RICARDO L TREVINO J H, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site. COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. COASTAL HORIZONS ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 50% since 2018, when it stood at 48 (now 72). Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

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