Texas School for the Deaf
Austin · TX · TEXAS SCH FOR THE DEAF · Public · K-12 combined
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WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S → GARZA INDEPENDENCE H S → HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN → TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN → DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR → VALOR SOUTH AUSTIN → PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-AUSTIN SOUTH CAMPUS → IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY →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 2026-10-21.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
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 +2.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 500 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 4.5 | 236 | -4.5% |
| GARZA INDEPENDENCE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 2.3 | 199 | +27.6% |
| HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 282 | -1.1% |
| TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 168 | -51.2% |
| DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR DEL VALLE |
Public | 9.8 | 228 | +34.1% |
| VALOR SOUTH AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 10.0 | 245 | +169.2% |
| PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-AUSTIN SOUTH CAMPUS AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 138 | +17.9% |
| IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 7.1 | 327 | +31.3% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantTexas School for the Deaf is a public high school in Austin, TX, enrolling 500 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2021 to 2024.
It has about 62 students per school counselor.
62% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many students attend Texas School for the Deaf? Texas School for the Deaf is a public high school in Austin, TX, enrolling 500 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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