Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
AUSTIN · TX · TEXAS SCH FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED · Public · K-12 combined
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CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND → DIBOLL → THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT MLK → PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-AUSTIN WELLS BRANCH → ROSEDALE → THE EXCEL CENTER FOR ADULTS - SOUTH AUSTIN → PFLUGERVILLE ACADEMIC AND CAREER EDUCATION (PACE) → CHAPARRAL STAR ACADEMY →For Parents
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👩🏫 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 129 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEDARS ACADEMY NEXT GENERATION H S AT HIGHLAND AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 116 | +2.7% |
| DIBOLL AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 75 | -27.9% |
| THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT MLK AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 4.7 | 116 | -42.0% |
| PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-AUSTIN WELLS BRANCH AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 8.8 | 101 | -6.5% |
| ROSEDALE AUSTIN |
Public | 2.6 | 135 | +25.0% |
| THE EXCEL CENTER FOR ADULTS - SOUTH AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 6.9 | 114 | +100.0% |
| PFLUGERVILLE ACADEMIC AND CAREER EDUCATION (PACE) PFLUGERVILLE |
Public | 11.1 | 101 | -3.8% |
| CHAPARRAL STAR ACADEMY AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 9.0 | 112 | +15.5% |