Texas College Preparatory Academies

Lewisville, Texas · Denton County · Grades Pre-K–12 · Charter

Texas College Preparatory Academies runs 40 schools (17 elementary, 7 high, 16 other) with 16,602 students. By enrollment it is the 80th largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as suburb, large.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	40
Students	16,602
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,122.5
Students per teacher	14.8 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	37.6% (state 61.6%)
County	Denton County
Area type	Suburb, large
NCES district ID	4800163

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Texas College Preparatory Academies

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Amarillo Collegiate Academy	Other	K–12	464	16.4	25.9%
Classical Academy - Permian Basin	Elementary	K–8	218	11.8	34.9%
Coppell Classical Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	432	16	21.8%
Denton Classical Academy	Elementary	K–5	190	11.9	28.9%
Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School	Elementary	Pre-K–K	48	11.3	95.8%
El Paso Classical Academy	Other	Pre-K–12	271	13.7	76%
Founders Classical Academy - Conroe	Other	K–10	921	19.7	35.3%
Founders Classical Academy - Fort Worth	Elementary	K–3	38	8.9	42.1%
Founders Classical Academy - Frisco	Other	K–12	1,013	17.6	11.8%
Founders Classical Academy - Lewisville	Other	K–12	912	15.8	20.6%
Founders Classical Academy Corinth	Elementary	K–5	578	17.4	18.5%
Founders Classical Academy Corinth - Upper School	High	6–12	509	14.7	19.6%
Founders Classical Academy of Flower Mound	Other	K–12	949	16.8	10.2%
Founders Classical Academy of Leander	Other	K–12	693	15.6	7.6%
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper	Other	K–11	929	16.8	9%
Founders Classical Academy of Schertz	Other	K–12	774	15.4	31.4%
Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton	Other	Pre-K–12	579	12	45.3%
Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop	Other	K–11	226	14.2	27%
Founders Classical Academy-Tyler	Other	K–12	480	13.6	39.2%
Ignite Community School - Beaumont	Elementary	Pre-K–6	179	15.9	84.4%
Ignite Community School - Fallbrook	Other	K–11	208	15.2	77.9%
Ignite Community School - Garland	Elementary	Pre-K–8	227	16.2	91.6%
Ignite Community School - Humble	Elementary	K–6	219	18.5	79.5%
Ignite Community School - Huntsville	Elementary	Pre-K–8	380	15	63.7%
Ignite Community School - Mainland	Elementary	Pre-K–8	327	14.9	86.5%
Ignite Community School - Mesquite	Other	Pre-K–12	480	14.8	81.7%
Ignite Community School - Pasadena	Elementary	Pre-K–8	194	18.4	72.7%
Ignite Community School-Fort Worth	Elementary	Pre-K–8	438	10.4	93.4%
Ischool High - Atascocita	High	9–12	148	24.7	36.5%
Ischool High at the Woodlands	High	9–12	290	26.4	29%
Ischool High at University Park	High	6–12	433	22.9	32.8%
Ischool Virtual Academy of Texas	High	6–12	778	6.5	–
Ischool-Creekside	High	9–12	130	25.6	21.5%
Lewisville School of Science and Technology	High	7–12	91	11.3	34.1%
Lewisville School of Science and Technology Lower	Elementary	K–6	207	11.9	48.8%
Plainview Classical Academy	Other	K–12	262	17.6	44.7%
Quest Collegiate Academy - Shenandoah	Elementary	K–8	406	15.5	29.3%
Quest Collegiate Academy-Whitewright	Elementary	K–8	105	17.2	44.8%
Responsiveed - Online	Other	K–12	281	16.2	–
Westchase Neighborhood School	Elementary	Pre-K–8	595	16.9	88.2%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Texas College Preparatory Academies schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Texas College Preparatory Academies in context

Size

Texas College Preparatory Academies enrolls 0.3% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). Its schools average 415 students, against 626 for a Texas public school. The largest is Founders Classical Academy - Frisco (1,013) and the smallest is Founders Classical Academy - Fort Worth (38). NCES lists Texas College Preparatory 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

Grade 3 is its largest grade, with 1,437 students this year. Grade 12 has 665 students and kindergarten has 1,337, 50% fewer in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. Texas College Preparatory Academies enrolls 797 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

White students are the largest group in Texas College Preparatory Academies at 36.9%, above their 24.4% share of Texas public school students. Hispanic students make up 31.4%.

37.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 7.6% at Founders Classical Academy of Leander to 95.8% at Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School. 11 of its 40 schools serve free meals to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3; at the others, families apply based on income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 1,122.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 14.8 students per teacher, close to the state's 14.9. With 24.7 counselors it has 672 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 and 1 school psychologists.

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

NCES classifies Texas College Preparatory Academies' area as suburb, large: in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest district is West ISD, 5.5 miles away with 1,300 students. 26 districts are within 25 miles, and 0 of them enroll more students than Texas College Preparatory Academies. Denton County has 15 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	964.9	17
School counselors	24.7	672
Librarians and media specialists	0	–
School psychologists	1	16,602
Instructional aides	186.1	89
Other student support staff	165.3	100
School administrators	62	268
District administrators	16.5	1,006
All staff	2,108.1

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

Students by race and ethnicity
White	36.9%
Hispanic	31.4%
Black	15.3%
Asian	10.9%
Two or more races	5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.2%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	797
Kindergarten	1,337
Grade 1	1,430
Grade 2	1,417
Grade 3	1,437
Grade 4	1,416
Grade 5	1,389
Grade 6	1,437
Grade 7	1,357
Grade 8	1,390
Grade 9	922
Grade 10	867
Grade 11	741
Grade 12	665

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
West ISD	6 mi	1,300	13	–
Mount Calm ISD	7 mi	168	11.1	–
Axtell ISD	8 mi	834	10.4	–
Penelope ISD	9 mi	216	11.8	–
Abbott ISD	10 mi	284	11.7	–
Connally ISD	11 mi	2,269	12.3	–
Hubbard ISD	12 mi	417	9.8	–
La Vega ISD	13 mi	3,093	15.1	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Denton County

Lewisville ISD (47,876 students)
Denton ISD (33,329 students)
Little Elm ISD (8,036 students)
Argyle ISD (6,166 students)
Aubrey ISD (4,480 students)
Lake Dallas ISD (3,717 students)
Sanger ISD (2,880 students)
Krum ISD (2,542 students)
Ponder ISD (1,719 students)
Pilot Point ISD (1,619 students)
Leadership Prep School (1,391 students)
North Texas Collegiate Academy (809 students)
Trivium Academy (629 students)
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy (108 students)

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

1800 Lakeway Dr. Ste 100, Lewisville, TX 75057
Phone: (972)316-3663
Website: responsiveed.com

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.