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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S is a mid-tier senior high in AUSTIN, Texas, run under UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S. The school educates 1,056 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S sits 33% above that benchmark.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S is a school of UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 37.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Travis County) reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
MATHEWS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S.
The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.
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