GATEWAY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
GEORGETOWN · TX · ORENDA CHARTER SCHOOL · Public charter · K-12 combined
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S T E P - C O R E → STEP - CORE → S T E P - C O R E → RRISD EARLY COLLEGE H S → GEORGETOWN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE → GEORGETOWN ALTER PROG → EAST VIEW H S → ROUND ROCK OPPORT CTR DAEP →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 4 physics · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 56th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GATEWAY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 11 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: S T E P - C O R E, STEP - CORE, S T E P - C O R E and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
80th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2156th percentile by test-taker volume
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
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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,681 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,124 per student in district revenue, the 277 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,081,348/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S T E P - C O R E GEORGETOWN |
Public | 2.2 | 4 | — |
| STEP - CORE GEORGETOWN |
Public | 2.2 | 1 | — |
| S T E P - C O R E GEORGETOWN |
Public | 2.2 | 2 | — |
| RRISD EARLY COLLEGE H S ROUND ROCK |
Public | 2.6 | 364 | -4.5% |
| GEORGETOWN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE GEORGETOWN |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 22 | — |
| GEORGETOWN ALTER PROG GEORGETOWN |
Public | 3.2 | 24 | — |
| EAST VIEW H S GEORGETOWN |
Public | 3.4 | 2,206 | +8.0% |
| ROUND ROCK OPPORT CTR DAEP ROUND ROCK |
Public | 4.1 | 51 | -12.1% |