High · Texas
Travis County Juvenile Detention Center
AlternativeTravis County Juvenile Detention Center, a public high school in Austin, Texas: grades 7–12, 30 students, 5.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Austin ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 30
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.5
- Students per teacher
- 5.4
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 94% of high schools in Texas
Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 96% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of high schools in Texas
Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared
Smaller than 92% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%0.0%proficient
A lower share proficient than 96% of high schools in Texas
Median 53% · 314 high schools compared
7 students tested, grades 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Texas: 42%0.0%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 88% of high schools in Texas
Median 34% · 308 high schools compared
8 students tested, grades 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Austin ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Austin ISD.
Location
- Address
- 2515 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
- Phone
- (512)414-2554
- City or town
- Austin
- County
- Travis County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Travis Co J J A E PAlternative | 10 | 1 | — |
Travis Co J J A E PAlternative | 9 | 1 | — |
Travis County J J A E PAlternative | 7–12 | 7 | 3.5 |
Travis Co J J A E PAlternative | 11 | 1 | — |
Leadership AcademyAlternative | 8–12 | 23 | 3.6 |
Travis Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,011 | 13.0 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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