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IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA
IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA operates as a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within FORT WORTH ISD. Current enrollment sits at 470 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Within FORT WORTH ISD, which oversees 136 schools and 70,612 students, IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 23% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 69.5%, a residual of +16.9 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) logs that median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA is one.
Nearest neighbor: TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA. On composite proficiency, IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.
The school occupies an urban site.
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