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Akins High School
10701 S 1st St, Austin, TX, 78748 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Akins High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 8 - 12
County Travis County, TX
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2353 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 147 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 736 students
Grade 10 - 606 students
Grade 11 - 517 students
Grade 12 - 494 students
This School (TX) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:16 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School (TX) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 2% 3%
% Hispanic 65% 47%
% Black 12% 15%
% White 20% 35%
% Unknown 1 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School (TX) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 30% 44%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 13% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a 2%
School Performance:
(TX) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Austin Independent School District
This School's Agency (TX) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 124 3
Number of Students Managed 81,057 students 759 students
District Total Revenue $813,780,000 $6,787,000
District Expenditure $831,457,000 $6,595,000
District Revenue / Student $10,040 $8,310
District Expenditure / Student $10,258 $7,924
District Graduation Rates 76% 89%
School Notes:
  • Akins High school is a school located in South Austin, Texas. Founded in 2000, it is one of the newest high schools in the Austin Independent School District.
  • Although it is the newest high school, it received the 2nd lowest scores in benchmarking and somehow barely meets the standards in TAKS scoring. It was also recently chosen to take the TAKS field test to examine the best tests to use for the 2007 Spring year.
  • The school recently had a "late start" day to examine it for use in the next year. Akins will also start the use of block scheduling next year, even with criticism and rejection from students and some teachers.
  • Sports: Akins has yet to have a succesfull football program, with all of their seasons end up losing with 1-3 wins per season. A growing soccer program currently finish season 10-10 first time ever they are able to finish .500% in a season, the girl's basketball team had a good season, having their first ever district championship.
  • Fine arts: Their fine arts program has had some great success with reaching state competitions, last one being their school band, with the direction of Gary Faust as reaching to the UIL State Marching Competition and winning 10th place in the Finals, alongside with the Bowie Performance Ensenble winning 8th, making the Akins High School band big underdogs throughout the whole UIL competition, and the marking the first time two Austin school bands making it to the state competition.
  • New Building: In recent days, there has been fences put around and area next to the right corner or "red hall" building and teacher's parking lot. it has been confirmed that there will be a new building in construction for unknown date of completion. It is said that the building will be made for the "New Tech High" section of the school, with its first year in Akins and in Texas. (Soon other schools around Austin will have their own "New Tech High").
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (78748)
School Zip (78748) (TX) State Average
Population (Approximate) 25,361 people 19,677,938 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 42% 23%
Population Average Age 31 years old 32 years old
Average Household size 2.7 persons 2.7 persons
Median Household Income $57,710 $42,049
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.6 rooms 5.1 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 21 years old 33 years old
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