Texans Can Academies
Dallas, Texas · Dallas County · Grades 9–12 · Charter
Texans Can Academies runs 12 schools (12 high) with 3,479 students. By enrollment it is the 265th largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as city, large.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.
District at a glance
| Schools | 12 |
| Students | 3,479 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 118.5 |
| Students per teacher | 29.4 (state 14.9) |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 83.8% (state 61.6%) |
| County | Dallas County |
| Area type | City, large |
| NCES district ID | 4800016 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.
Schools in Texans Can Academies
| School | Level | Grades | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texans Can Academy - Austin | High | 9–12 | 168 | 21.2 | 69.6% |
| Texans Can Academy - Carrollton-Farmers Branch | High | 9–12 | 214 | 31 | 72.4% |
| Texans Can Academy - Dallas North | High | 9–12 | 217 | 43.8 | 77% |
| Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue | High | 9–12 | 319 | 28.1 | 88.4% |
| Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Westcreek | High | 9–12 | 240 | 48.6 | 92.9% |
| Texans Can Academy - Grant East | High | 9–12 | 205 | 41.4 | 77.6% |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston Hobby | High | 9–12 | 322 | 22.7 | 98.1% |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston North | High | 9–12 | 254 | 42.3 | 84.6% |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston Southwest | High | 9–12 | 410 | 28.3 | 88.5% |
| Texans Can Academy - Oak Cliff | High | 9–12 | 523 | 28.3 | 99.4% |
| Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove | High | 9–12 | 529 | 26.1 | 62.8% |
| Texans Can Academy - San Antonio | High | 9–12 | 72 | 18.2 | 87.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.
Map of Texans Can Academies schools
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Texans Can Academies in context
Size
Texans Can Academies enrolls 0.1% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove with 529 students, and the smallest is Texans Can Academy - San Antonio with 72; the average is 290, against 626 statewide. NCES lists Texans Can Academies as an independent charter district: a charter school operator that is its own local education agency rather than part of a geographic school district.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.
Grades
Its largest grade this year is grade 10, with 1,043 students. Grade 12 has 504 students and grade 9 has 1,021, 51% fewer in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. NCES reports no pre-K students in Texans Can Academies.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group in Texans Can Academies at 64.8%, above their 53.5% share of Texas public school students. Black students make up 32%.
83.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 62.8% at Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove to 99.4% at Texans Can Academy - Oak Cliff. All 12 of its schools serve free breakfast and lunch to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3, with no application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Staff
Its 118.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 29.4 students per teacher, more than the state's 14.9. With 12 counselors it has 290 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports no librarians or media specialists.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.
Location
Texans Can Academies is based inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, an area NCES calls city, large. The nearest district is Mart ISD, 7.5 miles away with 605 students. 20 districts are within 25 miles, and 1 of them enrolls more students than Texans Can Academies. Dallas County has 41 districts on this site.
Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.
Staff
| Role | Full-time equivalent | Students per staff member |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers | 105.9 | 33 |
| School counselors | 12 | 290 |
| Librarians and media specialists | 0 | – |
| School psychologists | 0 | – |
| Instructional aides | 6 | 580 |
| Other student support staff | 20.6 | 169 |
| School administrators | 18.4 | 189 |
| District administrators | 12 | 290 |
| All staff | 329.9 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 64.8% |
| Black | 32% |
| White | 2% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 1,021 |
| Grade 10 | 1,043 |
| Grade 11 | 911 |
| Grade 12 | 504 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Nearby school districts
| District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Calendar 2026–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mart ISD | 7 mi | 605 | 12.9 | – |
| Coolidge ISD | 10 mi | 287 | 9.7 | – |
| Mount Calm ISD | 13 mi | 168 | 11.1 | – |
| Groesbeck ISD | 14 mi | 1,495 | 13.4 | – |
| Hallsburg ISD | 14 mi | 131 | 11.2 | – |
| Riesel ISD | 14 mi | 689 | 12.9 | – |
| Hubbard ISD | 15 mi | 417 | 9.8 | – |
| Mexia ISD | 16 mi | 1,846 | 13 | – |
Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).
Other school districts in Dallas County
- Dallas ISD (139,802 students)
- Garland ISD (51,021 students)
- Mesquite ISD (37,930 students)
- Richardson ISD (36,971 students)
- Irving ISD (30,767 students)
- Grand Prairie ISD (26,129 students)
- Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (24,165 students)
- Uplift Education (23,384 students)
- Coppell ISD (13,233 students)
- Duncanville ISD (11,562 students)
- Harmony Public Schools - North Texas (11,042 students)
- Lancaster ISD (6,822 students)
- Highland Park ISD (6,350 students)
- Cedar Hill ISD (6,253 students)
- Life School (5,735 students)
- Desoto ISD (5,708 students)
- Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy (2,328 students)
- Sunnyvale ISD (2,306 students)
- Universal Academy (2,036 students)
- Ume Preparatory Academy (1,703 students)
- A+ Academy (1,678 students)
- Village Technical Schools (1,335 students)
- Golden Rule Charter School (1,298 students)
- Cityscape Schools (1,259 students)
- Legacy Preparatory (1,138 students)
- Inspired Vision Academy (1,136 students)
- Winfree Academy Charter Schools (1,098 students)
- La Academia De Estrellas (1,024 students)
- Advantage Academy (972 students)
- Manara Academy (671 students)
All Texas districts (10 more in Dallas County).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.
Contact
325 W 12th Ste 200, Dallas, TX 75208
Phone: (214)943-2244
Website: texanscan.org
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.