FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY- CARROLLTON

CARROLLTON · TX · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES · Public charter · K-12 combined

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SMITH H S → The St Anthony School → HUIE SPECIAL EDUC CTR → CREEKVIEW H S → TURNER H S → HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CARROLLTON → TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH → GRIMES EDUCATION CENTER →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY- CARROLLTON compares for families

What families should know about FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY- CARROLLTON.

▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: SMITH H S, The St Anthony School, HUIE SPECIAL EDUC CTR and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

12.5%

Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

0.0%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

45.3%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

15.4%

Roughly average. The national post-COVID rate climbed to ~16% nationwide; this school is in the middle of the pack.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 579 students:

2025

579

2027

579

2029

579

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $10,488 per student in district revenue, the 0 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $0/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
SMITH H S CARROLLTON	Public	0.1	1,971	-3.0%
The St Anthony School Carrollton	Private	1.2	66	-17.5%
HUIE SPECIAL EDUC CTR CARROLLTON	Public	1.7	56	—
CREEKVIEW H S CARROLLTON	Public	2.1	1,686	-0.2%
TURNER H S CARROLLTON	Public	2.2	2,035	-2.6%
HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CARROLLTON CARROLLTON	Public · charter	2.6	255	-10.2%
TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH FARMERS BRANCH	Public · charter	2.6	214	-42.6%
GRIMES EDUCATION CENTER CARROLLTON	Public	3.1	99	+52.3%