Recent domain gain
Academic Growth rose 3 points
72 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
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Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton
Texas College Preparatory Academies · Carrollton · 580 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 87/1002025-26
- Change
- +8 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +4.1 ptsvs 82.9 average · 71 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 33 of 71tied with 2 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +6.3 ptsvs 80.7 average · 452 similarly sized rated charter campuses
- Similar size placement
- 147 of 452tied with 14 others
- Score vs state
- +5.3 ptsvs 81.7 average · 829 rated Texas charter campuses
- Texas charter placement
- 297 of 829tied with 37 others
B87
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.9 average for 71 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80.7 average for 452 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 57%vs 52.6% avg · +4.4 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 22.6% avg · +7.4 pts
Among 71 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 43.6% avg · +5.4 pts
- Masters
- 22%vs 18.4% avg · +3.6 pts
Among 70 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Academic Growth rose 3 points
72 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 75 is 2.1 points above the 72.9 average among 449 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 57%vs 46.9% avg · +10.1 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 20.2% avg · +9.8 pts
Among 452 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 40.6% avg · +8.4 pts
- Masters
- 22%vs 16.4% avg · +5.6 pts
Among 452 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Academic Growth rose 3 points
72 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSTAAR result
All Subjects above Texas charter averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 57%vs 45.5% avg · +11.5 pts
- Masters
- 30%vs 18.8% avg · +11.2 pts
Among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSTAAR result
Math above Texas charter averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 49%vs 38.4% avg · +10.6 pts
- Masters
- 22%vs 15.6% avg · +6.4 pts
Among 822 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.9 average for 71 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 8 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 33rd of 71 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 2 others).
Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.7 average for 452 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is up 8 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 147th of 452 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 14 others).
Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is up 8 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 297th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 37 others).
Put the numbers in context
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Compare against
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 C with 79 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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 87 | 82.9 71 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 90 | 83.5 68 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 85 | 82.0 66 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | C | 79 | 82.5 63 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | C | 79 | 84.2 57 reporting | 84.5 700 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.
- Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (71 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 87 | B | 3 |
| School Progress | 83 | B | 7 |
| Closing the Gaps | 87 | B | 3 |
| Academic Growth | 75 | C | 5 |
| Relative Performance | 83 | B | 7 |
Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 3 points below A 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 (87), so School Progress (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (71 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
- 100.0%+38.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 30 rated charter campuses reporting
- Five-Year
- 0.0%−50.9 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 29 rated charter campuses reporting
- Six-Year
- 0.0%−48.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 30 rated charter campuses reporting
- Dropout Rate
- 0.0%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 30 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.
College, career and military readiness
- Total credit for CCMR criteria
- 75.0%−2.0 pts vs similar economic context
| Criterion | This school% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 75.0% | 77.0% | −2.0 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 34 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 62.5% | 54.9% | +7.6 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 62.5% | 33.1% | +29.4 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 62.5% | 14.0% | +48.5 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 0.0% | 31.0% | −31.0 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 0.0% | 7.3% | −7.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 5.9% | −5.9 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.0% | 8.8% | −8.8 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 5.4% | −5.4 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 0.0% | 6.2% | −6.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 0.0% | 1.6% | −1.6 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting |
Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported charter campus percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.
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
- 580
- Economically disadvantaged
- 42.8%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 23.3%+8.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 13.1%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.4%+1.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 9.7%−8.8 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton
- African American 16%
- Hispanic 38.8%
- White 22.4%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 17.1%
- Two or More Races 5.5%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 71 reporting for every category shown · 71 in full cohort
- African American 14.6%
- Hispanic 41.7%
- White 31.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 7.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 4%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 452 reporting for every category shown · 452 in full cohort
- African American 16.4%
- Hispanic 65.3%
- White 9.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 6.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.2%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- African American 17.5%
- Hispanic 61.8%
- White 12.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.5%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 580
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 248
- Emergent bilingual students
- 135
- Special education students
- 76
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 80
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 523
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 15.3%
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 580 students in 2025–26, an increase of 1 (0.2%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 580
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +1
Increase · +0.2%
- Change since 2021–22
- +1
Increase · +0.2%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 580
- Selected comparison
- 543.6
| School year | Students enrolledFounders Classical Academy- Carrollton | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 579 | First available year | 430.6 |
| 2022–23 | 579 | No change | 473.7 |
| 2023–24 | 534 | Decrease of 45 (7.8%) | 500.2 |
| 2024–25 | 579 | Increase of 45 (8.4%) | 513.3 |
| 2025–26 | 580 | Increase of 1 (0.2%) | 543.6 |
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
- 34
5.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 58
9.09 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 638
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 5.3%
- Selected comparison
- 6.8%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 9.09
- Selected comparison
- 10.9
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 622 | 24 | 3.9% | 35 | 5.63 | 4.3% | 8.5 |
| 2021–22 | 633 | 70 | 11.1% | 134 | 21.17 | 8.2% | 14.2 |
| 2022–23 | 625 | 61 | 9.8% | 129 | 20.64 | 8.5% | 14.1 |
| 2023–24 | 588 | 93 | 15.8% | 312 | 53.06 | 7.5% | 12.9 |
| 2024–25 | 638 | 34 | 5.3% | 58 | 9.09 | 6.8% | 10.9 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 34 | 5.3% | 58 | 9.09 | 6.8% | 10.9 |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 34 | 5.3% | 58 | 9.09 | 4.8% | 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.
- Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton
- Parent district: Texas College Preparatory Academies
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $11,832
- Selected comparison
- $12,809
For 2025, TEA reported $11,832 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
| Year | Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton | Parent district: Texas College Preparatory Academies | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $7,296 | $7,842 | $13,054 | $7,576 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2019 | $8,656 | $8,903 | $13,108 | $8,266 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 48 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $8,428 | $9,540 | $14,058 | $8,610 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 50 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $9,139 | $9,610 | $14,797 | $9,222 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $9,210 | $9,545 | $15,708 | $10,491 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 59 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $10,843 | $10,993 | $16,792 | $10,280 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 63 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $12,562 | $11,083 | $18,125 | $11,604 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 67 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $11,832 | $11,086 | $18,972 | $12,809 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 69 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
- $55,796−$5,647 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 43+10.0 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 13.5−6.5 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Founders Classical Academy- Carrollton
- Beginning 29.1%
- 1 to 5 years 46.4%
- 6 to 10 years 14.7%
- 11 to 20 years 10%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 71 reporting for every category shown · 71 in full cohort
- Beginning 12.4%
- 1 to 5 years 40.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.9%
- 11 to 20 years 19.2%
- 21 to 30 years 6.8%
- Over 30 years 1.1%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 452 reporting for every category shown · 452 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.3%
- 1 to 5 years 46.8%
- 6 to 10 years 20.2%
- 11 to 20 years 13.4%
- 21 to 30 years 3.8%
- Over 30 years 0.5%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- Beginning 13%
- 1 to 5 years 44.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.6%
- 11 to 20 years 15.4%
- 21 to 30 years 4.8%
- Over 30 years 0.9%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classFounders Classical Academy- Carrollton · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18.9 | 20.8 |
| Grade 1 | 17.7 | 21.2 |
| Grade 2 | 20.3 | 21.6 |
| Grade 3 | 19.9 | 21.3 |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 22.1 |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 21.4 |
| Grade 6 | 20.5 | 20.4 |
| Secondary English | 12.6 | 16.5 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 10.2 | 15.4 |
| Secondary math | 10.6 | 15.8 |
| Secondary science | 16.4 | 17.1 |
| Secondary social studies | 14.8 | 16.5 |
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 school ranks best
Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
3 measures
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4of 37
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 37 that report this measure
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6of 37
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 37 that report this measure
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9of 71
Reading — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 71 that report this measure · tied with 1
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
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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