UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE

UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE is a tight-knit combined-grade school in PALESTINE, Texas, one of the schools within UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY. The school enrolls 263 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

Within UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY, which oversees 3 schools and 1,175 students, UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE reports that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, census data for Anderson County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,068 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE is one of 26 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students).

Nearest neighbor: WASHINGTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT PALESTINE has increased 31%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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