Founders Classical Academy of Schertz

Size

Founders Classical Academy of Schertz is the 6th largest of Texas College Preparatory Academies' 16 schools; its 774 students are 4.7% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest schools are a median 12.2 miles away and have a median of 990 students, so Founders Classical Academy of Schertz 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 5 with 80 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 24, against an average of 60 per grade. This year grade 12 has 38% fewer students than kindergarten (33 against 53). 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

White students are the largest group, at 47.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across Texas College Preparatory Academies (36.9%). Hispanic students are next, at 37.7%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

31.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 37.6% across Texas College Preparatory Academies and a median of 61.6% for Texas 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

Founders Classical Academy of Schertz has 50.41 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 774 students would have about 70.4 teachers, so Founders Classical Academy of Schertz has 20 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (11).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other school is Harmony School of Innovation - San Antonio, 6.5 miles away in Harmony Public Schools - South Texas. There are 0 schools within 5 miles and 2 within 10 miles.

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