TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE

Located at 1840 N 8TH ST, in ABILENE, Texas, TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE is a sizable combined-grade school that educates 834 students (grades K through 12), operated by TEXAS LEADERSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

Within TEXAS LEADERSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 4 schools and 4,202 students, TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.7%; actual is 30.1%, a gap of -17.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Taylor County put median household income runs about $67,139, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Taylor County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MARTINEZ EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF ABILENE's enrollment has ticked up 94% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 834). White enrollment moved from 46% to 36% across the same window.

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