📍 10664 N Us Hwy 83, Leakey, Real County, 78873
Big Springs Charter School is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Leakey, Real County. The school has 135 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carmen Boatright. It is part of the Big Springs Charter School school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Big Springs Charter School enrolls 135 students across grades K–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 46% White and 1.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 51% |
| White | 62 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
120 of the school's 135 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 114 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Big Springs Charter School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 19, state house district 53.
Big Springs Charter School is one of 2 schools in BIG SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL, based in INGRAM, Texas. The district serves 175 students district-wide and employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 135 students, Big Springs Charter School is larger than the district average of about 88 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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