METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME

WACO · TX · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS UNIVERSITY CHARTER SCHOOL · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Most similar nearby schools

CHALLENGE ACADEMY → CHALLENGE ACADEMY → St Louis Catholic School → Reicher Catholic High School → WACO CTR FOR YOUTH → G L WILEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER → Live Oak Classical School → PAUL AND JANE MEYER PUBLIC H S →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME compares for families

What families should know about METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME.

▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: CHALLENGE ACADEMY, CHALLENGE ACADEMY, St Louis Catholic School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: 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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

15.4%

Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

0.0%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

8.3%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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 +4.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 96 students:

2025

100

2027

108

2029

118

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
CHALLENGE ACADEMY WACO	Public	0.7	1	—
CHALLENGE ACADEMY WACO	Public	0.7	43	—
St Louis Catholic School Waco	Private	0.9	315	+35.8%
Reicher Catholic High School Waco	Private	1.0	316	+115.0%
WACO CTR FOR YOUTH WACO	Public	1.1	52	—
G L WILEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER WACO	Public	1.8	45	—
Live Oak Classical School Waco	Private	1.9	447	+12.6%
PAUL AND JANE MEYER PUBLIC H S WACO	Public · charter	2.0	233	+19.5%