Rapoport Academy Public School

The Rapoport Academy Public School district in Waco, Texas, serves 898 students across three schools—an elementary, a middle, and a high school—and faces significant challenges, ranking in the 26th percentile statewide with a 1-star rating, though one school stands out as a notable exception.

The Paul And Jane Meyer Public High School is the district's clear standout, ranking in the 69th percentile (3 stars) and outperforming state averages in Biology, English I, and English II. It boasts a 97.7% graduation rate, a low 0.4% dropout rate, and benefits from the highest per-student spending ($17,037) and the lowest student-to-teacher ratio (9:1). In contrast, the Audre And Bernard Rapoport Academy (elementary) is the most challenged, ranking in the 5th percentile (0 stars) with critically low 3rd-grade reading (7.46% proficient) and math (14.93% proficient) scores. The Quinn Campus Public Middle school sits in between, ranking in the 21st percentile, with reading scores near state averages but math proficiency alarmingly low—just 5.56% in 7th-grade math versus 29.41% statewide.

A key finding is the "Algebra I Pipeline": 100% of 8th graders at the middle school have been proficient in Algebra I for two consecutive years, a massive outlier compared to the state average (54.03%) and the high school's 54.35% proficiency. This suggests an effective math acceleration program at the middle school, but the drop-off at the high school indicates a potential curriculum disconnect. Overall, mathematics is a district-wide crisis in K-8, while the high school's success shows that targeted resource allocation—higher spending and smaller class sizes—can overcome high economic disadvantage rates (56% at the high school).