Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School
Public high school (charter) in Dallas, Texas · Gateway Charter Academy · Grades 6–12
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School serves 196 students in grades 6–12 in Dallas (Dallas County). It is one of 2 schools in Gateway Charter Academy. By enrollment it is the 1360th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 12.9 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 15.18 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Gateway Charter Academy |
| County | Dallas County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480018411485 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Gateway Charter Academy | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 196 | 511 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 12.9 | 19.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 97.4% | 95.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 40% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School in context
Size
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is the only high school in Gateway Charter Academy. Its 196 students are 38.4% of the district's 511. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 379; Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School 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 6 with 36 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 18, against an average of 28 per grade. This year grade 12 has 39% fewer students than grade 6 (22 against 36). 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 Black students: 89.3% here and 91.2% across Gateway Charter Academy. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
97.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 95.1% across Gateway Charter Academy and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 15.18 full-time-equivalent teachers for 196 students, Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School has 12.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 196 students would have about 14 teachers, so Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School has 1.2 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, 1.3 miles away in Dallas ISD. Within 10 miles there are 48 other high schools, 15 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 89.3% |
| Hispanic | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 1% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
38.3% of students are girls and 61.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 36 |
| Grade 7 | 25 |
| Grade 8 | 35 |
| Grade 9 | 18 |
| Grade 10 | 32 |
| Grade 11 | 28 |
| Grade 12 | 22 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1015 E Wheatland Rd, Dallas, TX 75241
Phone: (214)375-1921
Website: gatewaycharter.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy | Dallas ISD | 1.3 mi | 342 | 18.1 | 81.3% |
| Uplift Wisdom Prep High School | Uplift Education | 1.4 mi | 351 | 12.8 | 85.8% |
| Texans Can Academy - Grant East | Texans Can Academies | 2.0 mi | 205 | 41.4 | 77.6% |
| David W Carter High School | Dallas ISD | 2.3 mi | 1,097 | 15.7 | 91.2% |
| Uplift Hampton Prep High School | Uplift Education | 2.9 mi | 414 | 13.6 | 82.1% |
| Winfree Academy Charter School Dallas | Winfree Academy Charter Schools | 3.1 mi | 245 | 55.7 | – |
| New Technical H S at B F Darrell High School | Dallas ISD | 3.1 mi | 407 | 16.8 | 90.4% |
| Lancaster High School | Lancaster ISD | 3.5 mi | 2,255 | 15 | 75.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Gateway Charter Academy
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Charter Academy | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 315 |