TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN

As a minimally staffed secondary school in AUSTIN, Texas, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN hosts 168 students from grades 9 through 12, part of TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 3,479 students; TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN is among them.

In terms of who attends, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN records that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 13% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Travis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: EASTSIDE EARLY COLLEGE H S, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 65%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 168 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 76% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.