Other / mixed grade configuration · Tomball, TX

Comquest Academy

Federal NCES profile for Comquest Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 34/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 480012708255Charter school
0/100100/10034/100
👥 S:T ratio
32
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
73
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Comquest Academy earns 34/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 80% of Texas schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Texas.

#13 of 13
schools in Tomball · Resource Index
34
Resource Index · Typical
17:1
large classes for Texas
34
students enrolled

Comquest Academy has class sizes larger than 80% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Comquest Academy ranks #13 of 13 schools in Tomball, TX.

School address

Enrollment

34

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

2.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

17:1

vs 14.7:1 Texas avg

+16% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Comquest Academy compares with Texas and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median
0:135:117:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Comquest Academy

Comquest Academy is a small charter combined-grade school in Tomball, Texas, enrolling 34 students.

Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 17:1 puts it in the larger third of Texas schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Texas schools, with 34 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 8,960 scored Texas schools.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (68%) and White (18%) (diversity index 50/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 136 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 73.5% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 28.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Comquest Academy is a single-school charter district, so Comquest Academy operates independently rather than alongside district-mates. At 34 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Texas's single-school districts.

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 Comquest Academy compares

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

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 17:1 ▲ 16% 14.7:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 34 top 95% - -

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

17:1
Leaner classes than 30% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
34
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
17:1
students per teacher - 16% above state mean
Top 80% in Texas - lower ratio than 20% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
73.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$16,250
per pupil, district-wide - above Texas avg of $13,644
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

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 67.6%
White 17.6%
African American 5.9%
Two or More 5.9%
Asian 2.9%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 67.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 50.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 50.4, Comquest Academy is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Comquest Academy, which includes Comquest Academy.

$16,250
Per student
+19%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-2%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 9.9%
State 61.7%
Federal 28.5%

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.

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 Comquest 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 Comquest Academy

How many students attend Comquest Academy?

Comquest Academy has 34 students enrolled. It is an alternative school in Tomball, TX.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Comquest Academy?

The student-teacher ratio at Comquest Academy is 17:1, which is 16% higher than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 8% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Comquest Academy?

The largest demographic group at Comquest Academy is Hispanic or Latino at 67.6% of enrollment, in Tomball, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 50.4/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Comquest Academy?

Comquest Academy has a Resource Investment Index of 34/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Comquest Academy rank among schools in Tomball?

By Resource Investment Index, Comquest Academy ranks #13 of 13 schools in Tomball, TX. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Tomball on the city page.

Is Comquest Academy a good school?

Comquest Academy earns 34/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 80% of Texas schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Texas. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Comquest Academy?

None; Comquest Academy is a single-school charter district, and Comquest Academy is its only campus.

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.

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