IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA
FORT WORTH · TX · FORT WORTH ISD · Public
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TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE → YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY → Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep → PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (SOUTHSIDE) → TEXASWORKS - FT WORTH-SOUTHSIDE → TEXAS ACADEMY OF BIOMEDICAL → TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H S → Cassata High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 10 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 6 physics · 6 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 68th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 62th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How IM TERRELL ACADEMY FOR STEM AND VPA compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 68th percentile nationally with 10 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep 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
68th 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 · 2020-2162th 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
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
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 -1.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 470 students:
≈ 37 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,839 per student in district revenue, the 37 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $549,043/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 319 | -32.8% |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FORT WORTH |
Public | 0.8 | 203 | -12.5% |
| Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep Fort Worth |
Private | 0.9 | 206 | +66.1% |
| PREMIER H S - FORT WORTH (SOUTHSIDE) FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 118 | +76.1% |
| TEXASWORKS - FT WORTH-SOUTHSIDE FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 8 | — |
| TEXAS ACADEMY OF BIOMEDICAL FORT WORTH |
Public | 1.5 | 374 | -1.3% |
| TRIMBLE TECHNICAL H S FORT WORTH |
Public | 1.6 | 1,924 | +13.4% |
| Cassata High School Fort Worth |
Private | 1.7 | 113 | -10.3% |