FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO
FRISCO · TX · TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES · Public charter · K-12 combined
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LEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL SECONDARY → IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS → FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL → HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - DALLAS → HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CARROLLTON → ACADEMY H S → LEARNING CTR → STUDENT OPPORTUNITY CENTER →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO compares for families
What families should know about FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL SECONDARY, IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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%)
<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.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,013 students:
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 303 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,177,864/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.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL SECONDARY FRISCO |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 358 | -0.3% |
| IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS MCKINNEY |
Public · charter | 10.4 | 252 | +10.5% |
| FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL CORINTH |
Public · charter | 12.7 | 222 | -2.2% |
| HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - DALLAS DALLAS |
Public · charter | 12.3 | 243 | +18.0% |
| HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CARROLLTON CARROLLTON |
Public · charter | 11.7 | 255 | -10.2% |
| ACADEMY H S PLANO |
Public | 11.9 | 275 | -27.6% |
| LEARNING CTR LEWISVILLE |
Public | 14.2 | 180 | -9.5% |
| STUDENT OPPORTUNITY CENTER FRISCO |
Public | 1.0 | — | — |