About Texas Empowerment Academy
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Texas Empowerment Academy is located in Austin, TX and is in Texas Empowerment Academy. It is a charter school that serves 122 students in grades 5-12.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Texas Empowerment Academy made AYP in 2007. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Texas in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Texas Empowerment Academy's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2007, Texas Empowerment Academy had 14 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Texas average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Texas Empowerment Academy's students and teachers.
Texas Empowerment Academy Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2007)
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Black
92 %
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Hispanic
6 %
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White
3 %
- Students by Gender (2006)
- Male 53%
- Female 47%
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