ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S

Set in PEARLAND, Texas, ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S is a middle-of-the-pack high school, run under PEARLAND ISD. It works with 1,128 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 42% bigger than typical.

Within PEARLAND ISD, which oversees 24 schools and 20,862 students, ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 31% White, 10% Asian, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Brazoria County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.6%; actual is 78.8%, +20.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put median household earnings sit near $97,993, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S is one.

The closest other public school is PEARLAND J H SOUTH, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.6%.

ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,200 (now 1,128). The White share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 31% over that span.

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