📍 2515 S Congress, Austin, Travis County, 78704
Leadership Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 20 pupils enrolled. The Principal is J Hodges. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades 7–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 4.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.2:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Leadership Academy enrolls 20 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 4.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 40% Black or African American and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 40% |
| White | 2 | 10% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
13 of the school's 20 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 13 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Leadership Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 14, state house district 51.
Leadership Academy is one of 124 schools in AUSTIN ISD, based in AUSTIN, Texas. The district serves 72,272 students district-wide and employs 4,433 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 20 students, Leadership Academy is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large