WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE
GRAND PRAIRIE · TX · WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS · Public charter
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ADVANTAGE ACADEMY → PREMIER H S OF ARLINGTON → TRINITY LEADERSHIP → NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL AT CEDAR HILL → NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON GIBBINS → GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE → TCCSE EARLY COLLEGE H S AT TIMBERVIEW → HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - DALLAS →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 19% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE compares for families
What families should know about WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - GRAND PRAIRIE.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ADVANTAGE ACADEMY, PREMIER H S OF ARLINGTON, TRINITY LEADERSHIP and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 19% 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.
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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: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 -2.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 198 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVANTAGE ACADEMY GRAND PRAIRIE |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 167 | +3.7% |
| PREMIER H S OF ARLINGTON ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 5.4 | 176 | -6.9% |
| TRINITY LEADERSHIP ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 5.7 | 243 | +5.2% |
| NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL AT CEDAR HILL CEDAR HILL |
Public · charter | 8.0 | 219 | -22.1% |
| NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON GIBBINS ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 5.0 | 271 | -8.1% |
| GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE GRAND PRAIRIE |
Public · charter | 3.6 | 135 | -1.5% |
| TCCSE EARLY COLLEGE H S AT TIMBERVIEW ARLINGTON |
Public | 5.0 | 277 | +3.7% |
| HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - DALLAS DALLAS |
Public · charter | 5.8 | 288 | +5.1% |