GREAT HEARTS IRVING UPPER

IRVING · TX · GREAT HEARTS TEXAS · Public charter · K-12 combined

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WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (IRVING) → Radiant Stem Academy → Radiant Stem Academy → NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S → JACK E SINGLEY ACADEMY → MANARA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY → MACARTHUR H S → Islamic School Of Irving →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 36% by test-taker volume

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

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How GREAT HEARTS IRVING UPPER compares for families

What families should know about GREAT HEARTS IRVING UPPER.

▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (IRVING), Radiant Stem Academy, Radiant Stem Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 36% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

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

Test-taking intensity

10.7

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

18.9%

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)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

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

2.5%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

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: 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

Student : Counselor

1030:1

Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.

Counselor FTE

0.9

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 +13.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 937 students:

2025

1,060

2027

1,355

2029

1,733

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

Revenue upside

At $11,389 per student in district revenue, the 796 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $9,065,644/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
WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (IRVING) IRVING	Public · charter	0.9	173	+31.1%
Radiant Stem Academy Irving	Private	1.5	245	+25.0%
Radiant Stem Academy Irving	Private	1.5	242	+22.2%
NORTH LAKE EARLY COLLEGE H S IRVING	Public	1.6	291	+42.6%
JACK E SINGLEY ACADEMY IRVING	Public	2.0	1,697	+3.6%
MANARA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IRVING	Public · charter	2.7	68	-22.7%
MACARTHUR H S IRVING	Public	2.8	2,484	-8.8%
Islamic School Of Irving Irving	Private	2.8	552	+9.7%