Turner Prekindergarten Academy

Turner Prekindergarten Academy is an elementary school in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, according to federal school records. Federal data show 256 students enrolled in pre-K in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 51% below average.

The WAXAHACHIE ISD system has 18 schools and 11,196 students.

The share of Hispanic students at Turner Prekindergarten Academy is 52%, a majority. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 19% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Ellis County is roughly 28% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.

Teacher count: 17.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Roughly 73% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Ellis County, the average is 51%.

In Ellis County, the median household earns about $99,595 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Ellis County has 83 public schools with about 46,344 students, including Turner Prekindergarten Academy.

Of the public schools around it, Turner Prekindergarten Academy is closest to Clift Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Turner Prekindergarten Academy falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Turner Prekindergarten Academy enrolled 165 in 2020-21 and 256 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Students per teacher increased from 10.3 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.

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