UNIVERSAL ACADEMY - COPPELL

COPPELL · TX · UNIVERSAL ACADEMY · Public charter · K-12 combined

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NEW TECH H S AT COPPELL → COPPELL H S → The St Anthony School → GRIMES EDUCATION CENTER → RANCHVIEW H S → CREEKVIEW H S → LEWISVILLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY → HUIE SPECIAL EDUC CTR →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

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

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 10% by test-taker volume

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

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How UNIVERSAL ACADEMY - COPPELL compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

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

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 10% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

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

Test-taking intensity

7.7

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.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

30.2%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% 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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

3.2%

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

868:1

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

Counselor FTE

1.5

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 -0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,302 students:

2025

1,293

2027

1,276

2029

1,258

≈ 44 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 $11,257 per student in district revenue, the 44 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $495,308/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
NEW TECH H S AT COPPELL COPPELL	Public	1.0	321	-15.7%
COPPELL H S COPPELL	Public	2.5	4,068	+6.0%
The St Anthony School Carrollton	Private	3.0	66	-17.5%
GRIMES EDUCATION CENTER CARROLLTON	Public	3.0	99	+52.3%
RANCHVIEW H S IRVING	Public	3.5	899	-5.2%
CREEKVIEW H S CARROLLTON	Public	3.5	1,686	-0.2%
LEWISVILLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEWISVILLE	Public · charter	3.7	47	—
HUIE SPECIAL EDUC CTR CARROLLTON	Public	3.8	56	—