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Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop

Texas College Preparatory Academies · Bastrop · 285 students

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Current score
67/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−15.7 ptsvs 82.7 average · 57 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
53 of 57among reporting charter campuses
D67

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 69 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 82.7 average for 57 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

9.6% −5.4 pts vs 15%

  • 9.6% is 5.4 percentage points lower than the 15% average among 54 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop is rated D by TEA, scoring 67 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.7 average for 57 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 53rd of 57 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageFounders Classical Academy-Bastrop 7174648367 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated Not Rated with 69 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas charter average
2025-26D6782.7 57 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25B8383.6 53 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24D6483.5 52 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23C7484.8 51 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22C7186.4 45 reporting84.5 700 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement72 C−10.9 vs similar economic context · 57 reporting
  • School Progress58 F−19.6 vs similar economic context · 55 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps56 F−23.7 vs similar economic context · 54 reporting
  • Academic Growth58 F−15.2 vs similar economic context · 55 reporting
  • Relative Performance58 F−15.7 vs similar economic context · 55 reporting
  • Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (57 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress58F2
Closing the Gaps56F4
Academic Growth58F2
Relative Performance58F2

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below D in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (72), so School Progress (58) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 72.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level75%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Meets grade level59%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (57 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
0.0%−59.4 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 33 rated charter campuses reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−61.1 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 33 rated charter campuses reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−55.7 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 33 rated charter campuses reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 33 rated charter campuses reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only charter campuses in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported charter campus rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
285
Economically disadvantaged
30.2%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.7%−3.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
13.3%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.6%−5.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop

African American: 5.3%Hispanic: 36.5%White: 53%Asian: 1.4%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 5.3%
  • Hispanic 36.5%
  • White 53%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting for every category shown · 57 in full cohort

African American: 9.8%Hispanic: 37%White: 38.4%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 9.1%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.1%
  • African American 9.8%
  • Hispanic 37%
  • White 38.4%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 9.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
285
Economically disadvantaged students
86
Emergent bilingual students
22
Special education students
38

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
44
Students in TEA mobility denominator
235
TEA-published mobility rate
18.7%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 285 students in 2025–26, an increase of 59 (26.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
285

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+59

Increase · +26.1%

Change since 2021–22
+178

Increase · +166.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
285
Selected comparison
514.2

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop
School yearStudents enrolledFounders Classical Academy-BastropChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 107 First available year 393.4
2022–23 103 Decrease of 4 (3.7%) 441.7
2023–24 193 Increase of 90 (87.4%) 480.8
2024–25 226 Increase of 33 (17.1%) 492.6
2025–26 285 Increase of 59 (26.1%) 514.2

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
16

6.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
31

11.97 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
259

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
6.2%
Selected comparison
6.8%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 31 rated charter campuses reporting

−0.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
11.97
Selected comparison
9.9

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 35 rated charter campuses reporting

+2.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2021–22 127 19 15.0% 37 29.13 8.1% 11.9
2022–23 117 Suppressed — 24 20.51 — 12.4
2023–24 209 16 7.7% 22 10.53 6.7% 10.6
2024–25 259 16 6.2% 31 11.97 6.8% 9.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 16 6.2% 31 11.97 6.8% 9.9
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 15 5.8% 30 11.58 4.7% 6.5
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$9k$14k$20k202220242025
  • Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop
  • Parent district: Texas College Preparatory Academies
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,562
Selected comparison
$11,202

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 54 rated charter campuses reporting

−$1,640 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,562 per student for this campus, $11,086 per student for its parent district, Texas College Preparatory Academies, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearFounders Classical Academy-BastropParent district: Texas College Preparatory AcademiesTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2022$9,586$9,545$15,708$9,786 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 46 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$12,312$10,993$16,792$9,981 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 51 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$10,368$11,083$18,125$11,700 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$9,562$11,086$18,972$11,202 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 54 rated charter campuses reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$49,802−$9,232 vs similar economic context
Teachers
18−14.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.6−5.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop

Beginning: 43.2%1 to 5 years: 51.4%6 to 10 years: 5.5%
  • Beginning 43.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 51.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 5.5%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting for every category shown · 57 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.7%1 to 5 years: 42.1%6 to 10 years: 21.8%11 to 20 years: 14.4%21 to 30 years: 5.4%Over 30 years: 0.8%
  • Beginning 13.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 42.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 5.4%
  • Over 30 years 0.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Founders Classical Academy-Bastrop in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classFounders Classical Academy-Bastrop · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2020.3
Grade 12321.4
Grade 21821.4
Grade 32221.7
Grade 42323.2
Grade 52022
Grade 617.521.7
Secondary English15.714.7
Secondary languages other than English9.816.3
Secondary math12.514.6
Secondary science9.316.9
Secondary social studies12.316.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 12 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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