TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY

TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-12 campus in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades 3 through 12.

TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 716 students; TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 37.1%.

In the surrounding community, Travis County reports that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY EL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY has grew 110%, going from 197 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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