PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY

Located at 1700 E MAGNOLIA AVE, in MIDLAND, Texas, PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY is a mid-tier primary school that educates 547 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within MIDLAND ISD.

MIDLAND ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 29,651 students; PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY is among them.

On the student-mix side, PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 46% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Midland County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Midland County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,874, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY is one of 52 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students).

LEGACY FRESHMAN H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 547). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 76% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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