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What's the one class at PEASE COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY every student should take?
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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057008989
Pease Communications/Technology Academy
1700 E MAGNOLIA AVE, MIDLAND, TX 79705 · (432) 240-7700 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
396 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 33.0% |
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 year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 39.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pease Communications/Technology Academy
Pease Communications/Technology Academy's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Communications/Technology Academy this school | 547 | 72.4% | 41.4% |
| Milam Elementary School MIDLAND | 561 | 70.2% | 41.8% |
| Thompson Elementary School CARROLLTON | 531 | 74.2% | 44.5% |
| Sierra Vista Steam Academy EL PASO | 622 | 72.7% | 48.6% |
| Leon Valley Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 613 | 71.6% | 40.5% |
| Kriewald Road School of the Arts SAN ANTONIO | 610 | 75.7% | 37.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pease Communications/Technology Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2,412 of 4,401 | #16 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,325 of 4,466 ▲ 543 | #16 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,786 of 4,466 ▲ 62 | #14 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #837 of 3,998 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #2,067 of 4,938 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #4,326 of 4,622 | #14 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #3,550 of 4,628 | #27 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #2,429 of 4,789 | #11 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #1,877 of 2,838 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25Enrollment
547
+67 (+14%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 547 | 29.2 | 18.7:1 | 72% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 33.4 | 17.1:1 | 76% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 29.8 | 16.7:1 | 67% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 70% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 36.3 | 17.1:1 | 58% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 53% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 61% (325) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pease Communications/Technology Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (621 to 547); teachers down 20% (36.3 to 29.2).
About Pease Communications/Technology Academy
Pease Communications/Technology Academy is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in MIDLAND, Texas. The school serves 547 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Pease Communications/Technology Academy is in MIDLAND ISD, a district with 29,651 students across 40 schools.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Pease Communications/Technology Academy, with 85% of enrollment. Next come 7% Black and 5% White. That compares with about 46% Hispanic among all Midland County residents. By the diversity index, Pease Communications/Technology Academy comes in at 26%.
Pease Communications/Technology Academy operates with 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 72% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 57% average for public schools in Midland County is 15 points lower.
Pease Communications/Technology Academy is 1.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (41.4% versus 42.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Among Midland County residents, median household income is about $92,874, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 52 public schools in Midland County, with a combined enrollment of about 35,119.
Nearest public school: Legacy Freshman High School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Pease Communications/Technology Academy is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 480 in 2020-21 and 547 in 2024-25, a rise of 67 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.0:1 to 18.7:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Pease Communications/Technology Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Nearby schools
- Legacy Freshman High School0.3 mi · 890
- Viola M Coleman High School0.4 mi · 180
- General Tommy Franks Elementary School1.0 mi · 950
- Milam Elementary School1.1 mi · 561
- Barbara Culver Juvenile Detention Center1.3 mi · 1
- De Zavala Elementary School1.4 mi · 669
Frequently asked questions
About Pease Communications/Technology AcademyHow large is Pease Communications/Technology Academy?
Pease Communications/Technology Academy enrolls approximately 547 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Pease Communications/Technology Academy serve?
Pease Communications/Technology Academy serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pease Communications/Technology Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pease Communications/Technology Academy is approximately 18.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pease Communications/Technology Academy?
Student demographics at Pease Communications/Technology Academy are roughly 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pease Communications/Technology Academy in?
Pease Communications/Technology Academy is part of MIDLAND ISD.
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