PORCUPINE ACADEMY

Located at 301 E FIFTH ST, in SPRINGTOWN, Texas, PORCUPINE ACADEMY is an one-room-style high school that teaches 18 students (grades 9 through 12), part of SPRINGTOWN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 98% leaner than the state mean of about 796.

SPRINGTOWN ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,188 students; PORCUPINE ACADEMY is among them.

On the student-mix side, PORCUPINE ACADEMY logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Parker County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, PORCUPINE ACADEMY reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Parker County (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Parker County shows median household income runs about $104,443, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PORCUPINE ACADEMY is one of 51 public schools in Parker County (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students).

Nearest neighbor: SPRINGTOWN EL, around 0.3 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

PORCUPINE ACADEMY operates from a countryside location.

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