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Ki Charter Academy

120 BERT BROWN RD, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666 · (512) 396-8500 · Hays County
GRADES 01–12COMBINED13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
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Enrollment
185
Combined
DISTRICT 78 · STATE 485
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
170 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 111%
Grade 253%
Grade 384%
Grade 4137%
Grade 5137%
Grade 62715%
Grade 72413%
Grade 82111%
Grade 92614%
Grade 102514%
Grade 11148%
Grade 1284%
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
9250%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
4625%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
2715%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
179%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
10456%
Female
8144%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
13.0%
own-school result
Mathematics
0.0%
own-school result
State assessment results for this school reflect a specialized student population. The figures above are the school's own reported scores; they are not directly comparable to state averages or to general-enrollment schools, so the usual state-average comparison line is suppressed here.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading0.0%13.0%0.0%87.0%
Mathematics0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

STAAR results by year

School yearReadingMathematics
2025-2613.0%0.0%
2024-2540.0%N/A
2023-2450.0%17.0%
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Not computed for this school
BeatsExpectations is not computed for specialized-population schools (schools for the deaf or blind, therapeutic and behavioral-health placements, juvenile-justice and alternative-education settings, and similar). State ELA/Math proficiency rates are not a comparable metric for these populations, so a demographically-adjusted residual against general-enrollment peers would be misleading. About the methodology →

Where Ki Charter Academy ranks

Among K-12 schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Texas
Enrollment
ranked largest first
185#154 of 280
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
91.9%#8 of 226
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
185
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2518524.77.5:192% (170)
2023-2419424.67.9:186% (166)
2022-2318926.77.1:198% (186)
2020-211751610.9:197% (170)
2017-1817420.68.4:198% (170)
2015-16173218.2:198% (170)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ki Charter Academy.

Since 2017-18: students up 6% (174 to 185); teachers up 20% (20.6 to 24.7).

About Ki Charter Academy

Ki Charter Academy is a very small school serving multiple grade levels in SAN MARCOS, Texas. The school covers grades 1 through 12 and reported 185 students in 2024-25. On average, combined schools in Texas enroll around 485, and this school is 62% below that mark.

KI CHARTER enrolls 462 students in 8 schools, including Ki Charter Academy.

The student body at Ki Charter Academy has no majority group. White students lead at 50%. Next come 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 61% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.

Teacher count: 24.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 7.5:1. The average for combined schools in Texas, 11.7:1, is higher. Roughly 92% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 46% average for public schools in Hays County, the school's rate is higher.

In Hays County, the median household earns about $89,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Hays County has 63 public schools with about 46,946 students, including Ki Charter Academy.

Of the public schools around it, Ki Charter Academy is closest to Travis Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Ki Charter Academy falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Ki Charter Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 185, compared with 175 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 7.5:1, from 10.9:1.

The allk12 page for Ki Charter Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.

Hays County at a glance

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Population
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students

Quick facts

School name
Ki Charter Academy
District
KI CHARTER
Address
120 BERT BROWN RD, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666
Phone
(512) 396-8500
County
Hays County
Level
Combined
Grade range
01–12
Total enrollment
185
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
7.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
170 (92%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
480144713122
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in KI CHARTER
Other schools in SAN MARCOS
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Ki Charter Academy
What is the total enrollment at Ki Charter Academy?
Ki Charter Academy enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 01-12.
Is Ki Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ki Charter Academy is a combined-grade school covering grades 01-12.
How many students per teacher at Ki Charter Academy?
Approximately 7.5:1 students per teacher at Ki Charter Academy.
What is the student diversity at Ki Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Ki Charter Academy are roughly 50% White, 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Ki Charter Academy?
Ki Charter Academy is overseen by KI CHARTER in Hays County.
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