TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES

TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in PORT ARTHUR, Texas, run under TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL, serves 52 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 93% smaller than typical.

TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 419 students. TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES reports that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.6%; TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES posts 72.8%, +29.1 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $60,026, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. 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.

TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 62 students in 2018 compared to 52 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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