📍 2015 Alexander Ave, Waco, McLennan County, 76708
Challenge Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Waco, McLennan County. The school has 25 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carrie O'campo. It is part of the Waco Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Challenge Academy enrolls 25 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 96% male and 4% female. A teaching staff of 3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 36% Black or African American and 8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 52% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 36% |
| White | 2 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
22 of the school's 25 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 22 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.
Challenge Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 22, state house district 56.
Challenge Academy is one of 25 schools in WACO ISD, based in WACO, Texas. The district serves 13,376 students district-wide and employs 997 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 25 students, Challenge Academy is smaller than the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize