TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES

Located at 3700 PROCTOR, in PORT ARTHUR, Texas, TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES is a cozy primary school that hosts 236 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Across the 4 schools in TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL (419 students total), TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES reports that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.4%; this one delivers 28.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $60,026, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Jefferson County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKEVIEW EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES has grew 12%, going from 211 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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