Denton Classical Academy

Size

Denton Classical Academy is the 13th largest of Texas College Preparatory Academies' 17 elementary schools; its 190 students are 1.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 544; Denton Classical Academy is smaller than most of them.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 1 with 41 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 21, against an average of 32 per grade. This year grade 5 has 43% fewer students than kindergarten (21 against 37). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 57.9% here and 36.9% across Texas College Preparatory Academies. Hispanic students are next, at 16.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

28.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 37.6% across Texas College Preparatory Academies and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

With 16 full-time-equivalent teachers for 190 students, Denton Classical Academy has 11.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 190 students would have about 12.8 teachers, so Denton Classical Academy has 3.2 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

Denton Classical Academy is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other elementary school is Ryan Elementary School, 0.4 miles away in Denton ISD. Within 10 miles there are 46 other elementary schools, 13 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.