PRAIRIE LEA EL
PRAIRIE LEA · TX · PRAIRIE LEA ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOLS - LOCKHART CAMPUS → LOCKHART PRIDE H S → KI CHARTER ACADEMY → MERCER & BLUMBERG LRN CTR → PREMIER H S OF NEW BRAUNFELS → COMAL ACADEMY → THE EXCEL CENTER FOR ADULTS - LOCKHART → SEGUIN CAMPUS →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PRAIRIE LEA EL compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOLS - LOCKHART CAMPUS, LOCKHART PRIDE H S, KI CHARTER ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 267 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,552 per student in district revenue, the 81 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,178,712/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOLS - LOCKHART CAMPUS LOCKHART |
Public · charter | 8.4 | 86 | -4.4% |
| LOCKHART PRIDE H S LOCKHART |
Public | 11.6 | 66 | — |
| KI CHARTER ACADEMY SAN MARCOS |
Public · charter | 15.6 | 73 | -1.4% |
| MERCER & BLUMBERG LRN CTR SEGUIN |
Public | 17.1 | 73 | +12.3% |
| PREMIER H S OF NEW BRAUNFELS NEW BRAUNFELS |
Public · charter | 21.6 | 72 | -30.8% |
| COMAL ACADEMY NEW BRAUNFELS |
Public | 20.6 | 76 | +52.0% |
| THE EXCEL CENTER FOR ADULTS - LOCKHART LOCKHART |
Public · charter | 11.2 | 118 | -37.2% |
| SEGUIN CAMPUS SEGUIN |
Public · charter | 14.9 | 49 | — |