Texas Empowerment Academy

Texas Empowerment Academy · Travis County · K-12

Texas Empowerment Academy enrolled 413 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 87.5% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its Algebra I passing rate sits in the bottom 15% of Texas campuses (2025).

Small group: only ~5 Black students in a recent year here. One student can move a rate several points. Read the shaded 95% bands, not single-year jumps.

At a glance vs. Texas

Texas Empowerment Academy Texas
College/career/military ready ’24+24.9 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 100.0%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+30.4 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 75.0%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+58.9 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 140.0%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’22-15.5 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 0.0%Texas 15.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25bottom 44% in TX-2.2 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 23.8%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+37.8 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 92.9%Texas 55.1%
Grade 3 math ’23-16.1 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 14.3%Texas 30.4%
Grade 3 reading ’23-18.5 vs TX
Texas Empowerment Academy 21.7%Texas 40.2%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

8889902012201520182021202490

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

4060801002017201920212023202410075

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

40608020162018202020227545

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

College entrance exams

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

607080901002012201520182021202414081

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

010203020122015201820212024150

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Avg SAT math

Average SAT math score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 530 is the college-ready benchmark.

42044046048050052054020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark464434

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg SAT reading/writing

Average SAT reading and writing score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 480 is the college-ready benchmark.

50060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark474

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg ACT math

Average ACT math score among test-takers (1-36).

1616.51717.5182013201620192022202416

Avg ACT English

Average ACT English score among test-takers (1-36).

1616.216.416.616.8172013201620192022202416

Avg ACT science

Average ACT science score among test-takers (1-36).

1616.51717.518201320162019202220241716

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

02040602017201920222024202526

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

204060801002017201920222024202550

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

406080201720192022202420256944

State tests (grades 3-8)

Grade 3 math

Met grade level on the grade-3 math STAAR.

102030402017201820192021202220233014

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 4 math

Met grade level on the grade-4 math STAAR.

10203040502017201820192021202220233328

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 5 math

Met grade level on the grade-5 math STAAR.

2040602017201820192021202220234034

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 6 math

Met grade level on the grade-6 math STAAR.

010203040201720182019202120222023250

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 7 math

Met grade level on the grade-7 math STAAR.

1020304050602017201820192021202220234223

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 3 reading

Met grade level on the grade-3 reading STAAR.

02040602017201820192021202220234022

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 4 reading

Met grade level on the grade-4 reading STAAR.

02040602017201820192021202220233625

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 5 reading

Met grade level on the grade-5 reading STAAR.

2040602017201820192021202220234532

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 6 reading

Met grade level on the grade-6 reading STAAR.

01020304050201720182019202120222023414

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 7 reading

Met grade level on the grade-7 reading STAAR.

20406020172018201920212022202343

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Grade 8 reading

Met grade level on the grade-8 reading STAAR.

2040608020172018201920212022202346

TEA stopped publishing this breakout after data year 2023.

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

406080100201420172020202320249355

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

010203040201520172019202120232024350

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

051015202520122015201820212024170

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,336361

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202487.5%85.7%
College/career/military ready2024100%100%100%
Algebra I proficiency202521.7%23.8%3.4%
Biology proficiency202555.6%38.5%
English II proficiency202570.6%69.2%70%
Grade 3 math202312.5%14.3%12.5%
Grade 4 math202325.9%28%33.3%
Grade 5 math202335.7%40%25%
Grade 6 math202362.1%60%
Grade 7 math202355%50%
Grade 3 reading202319.2%21.7%12.5%
Grade 4 reading202323.1%25%29.4%
Grade 5 reading202327.6%32%26.7%
Grade 6 reading202355.2%60%
Grade 7 reading202350%63.6%
Grade 8 reading202350%43.5%58.8%
Advanced course completion202490%92.9%100%
Took an AP/IB course20240%0%0%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%

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Years are the school year the students were measured in, not the report year. Missing points mean the state masked a small group for privacy, not zero. Data: Texas Education Agency TAPR. Download this school's data (JSON).