Other / mixed grade configuration · Fort Stockton, TX

Butz Preparatory Academy

Federal NCES profile for Butz Preparatory Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 482019014306
2,039 students enrolled

School address

Enrollment

2,039

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Butz Preparatory Academy

Butz Preparatory Academy is a large combined-grade school in Fort Stockton, Texas, enrolling 2,039 students.

By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Texas, bigger than 96% of state schools at 2,039 students.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (48%) and White (27%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 66/100).

Its district draws 16.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Fort Stockton Isd also operates Fort Stockton High (699 students) and Fort Stockton Middle (502 students) alongside Butz Preparatory Academy.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Butz Preparatory Academy compares

Butz Preparatory Academy on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 2,039 top 4% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

2,039
Bigger than 98% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$13,192
per pupil, district-wide - below Texas avg of $13,644
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 47.8%
White 27.1%
African American 18.4%
Two or More 4.5%
Asian 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.4%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 47.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 66.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 66.2, Butz Preparatory Academy is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Fort Stockton Isd, which includes Butz Preparatory Academy.

$13,192
Per student
-3%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-20%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 69.1%
State 14.8%
Federal 16.1%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Butz Preparatory Academy Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Fort Stockton High Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data
Fort Stockton Middle Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data
Fort Stockton Int Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data
Fort Stockton Apache El Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data
Fort Stockton Alamo El Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Butz Preparatory Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Fort Stockton Isd · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Butz Preparatory Academy's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Butz Preparatory Academy

How many students attend Butz Preparatory Academy?

Butz Preparatory Academy has 2,039 students enrolled. It is an alternative school in Fort Stockton, TX.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Butz Preparatory Academy?

The largest demographic group at Butz Preparatory Academy is Hispanic or Latino at 47.8% of enrollment, in Fort Stockton, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 66.2/100.

What other schools are in Fort Stockton Isd?

Besides Butz Preparatory Academy, Fort Stockton Isd also operates Fort Stockton High (699 students), Fort Stockton Middle (502 students), and Fort Stockton Int (341 students). See the Fort Stockton Isd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.