Winfree Academy North Richland Hills

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS · TX · WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS · Public charter


📋 At a glance

Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 6% by test-taker volume

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

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How Winfree Academy North Richland Hills compares for families

What families should know about Winfree Academy North Richland Hills.

  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, BOB E GRIGGS H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 6% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
3
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
1.4
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)
45.5%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
9.1%
Around the national average. Worth watching.

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.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

The University of Texas at Austin

29%
admit rate
$11,688
in-state tuition/yr · $44,908 out-of-state
1230–1490
SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–33

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.

See the full The University of Texas at Austin profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

💰 Pay for college in Texas

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.

Auto-admit Top 10% Automatic Admission
Guaranteed admission to a Texas public university (not a $ award)
GPA: Top 10% class rank (UT Austin caps at top 5%)

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 ↗
Need-based TEXAS Grant
Up to $16,182/yr (tuition & required fees)
GPA: No GPA gate to qualify (3.0 / top-third = priority) Income: Need-based (federal Student Aid Index)

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 ↗
Merit Texas First Early Completion Scholarship
Scholarship equal to the TEXAS Grant amount
GPA: 3.0 Test: SAT/ACT at the 80th percentile OR top-10% class rank

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.

🎓 Graduation & Attendance

Does this school get students to the finish line — and keep them in the building?

Two things every family wants to know: do students graduate on time, and do they show up. These are TEA's official campus figures.

4-Year Graduation Rate
34%
Class of 2024, on-time
68% counting GED + continuers
Attendance Rate
75%
share of days attended
Chronic Absenteeism
80%
miss ≥10% of school days — lower is better
Annual Dropout Rate
18%
grades 9-12, one year — lower is better

Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), 2024-25, All Students. Graduation = 4-year longitudinal rate (Class of 2024); attendance & dropout = SY2023-24. TEA masks small-group results for privacy.

🎯 College & Career Readiness

How ready are this school's graduates for what comes next?

Beyond graduating, are students prepared — for college, a career, or the military? These are TEA's official readiness measures for the most recent graduating class.

62%
College, Career & Military Ready (CCMR)
of graduates meet at least one readiness benchmark · 59% college-ready specifically
SAT / ACT
% Tested
15%
graduates taking SAT/ACT
Avg SAT
746
school mean (1600 scale)
Avg ACT
18
school mean (36 scale)
% College-Ready
18%
scored above TEA's criterion
Advanced coursework
% Taking AP/IB
0%
enrolled in AP or IB
% Dual-Credit
8%
earning college credit in HS (gr 9-12)
What counts as CCMR-ready? →

Under TEA's accountability system, a graduate counts as College/Career/Military Ready by meeting any one of: a qualifying SAT/ACT or TSI score; AP/IB exam scores of 3+; college dual-credit with a C or better; an associate's degree; an industry-based certification; an OnRamps course; military enlistment; or an aligned career-prep program. It rolls "is this graduate prepared for what's next?" into one comparable number — which is why a school can post a high CCMR even when its average SAT is modest (strong career, military, and dual-credit pathways count too).

Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), 2024-25, All Students. CCMR / SAT-ACT / AP-IB = Class of 2024 graduates; dual-credit = grades 9-12. School SAT/ACT averages are campus means, not the scores of admitted college applicants. TEA masks small-group results for privacy.

⭐ Texas Accountability

TEA's official A–F rating: B (82/100).

The Texas Education Agency's official accountability grade for this campus — a single A–F letter and a 0–100 scaled score the state assigns to every public high school, rolled up from the domains below.

TEA Grade
B
82/100
Student Achievement
85 · B
School Progress
85 · B
Closing the Gaps
75 · C
What the A–F domains mean →

Student Achievement — STAAR performance plus, for high schools, college/career/military readiness and graduation. School Progress — academic growth and performance relative to schools with similar economic profiles. Closing the Gaps — outcomes across student groups. TEA awards the campus the better of two methods per domain; the overall grade is the weighted roll-up.

Source: Texas Education Agency, A–F Accountability Ratings (2024-25) via data.texas.gov; the state's official campus rating under Texas Education Code §39.054. Covers every rated Texas public high school.

📝 Texas State Testing

STAAR End-of-Course results: how many students meet grade level.

The share of students scoring Meets Grade Level or above on Texas's high-school End-of-Course exams — the state's core academic-proficiency benchmark, reported for every campus.

English I
37%
at Meets or above
Approaches 58% · Masters 3%
English II
35%
at Meets or above
Approaches 56% · Masters 0%
Algebra I
8%
at Meets or above
Approaches 59% · Masters 5%
Biology
37%
at Meets or above
Approaches 93% · Masters 7%
U.S. History
41%
at Meets or above
Approaches 99% · Masters 13%
What do Approaches / Meets / Masters mean? →

Texas reports STAAR at three rising bars: Approaches (likely to succeed in the next grade with support), Meets (solid command, on track for college/career readiness — the headline number above), and Masters (advanced command). End-of-Course exams are taken when a student finishes the course, so they reflect that subject's instruction, not a single grade.

Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) STAAR EOC performance, 2024-25, All Students. Small-group results are masked by TEA for privacy and shown only where reported.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
175.0%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
364
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: 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.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
208:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
1.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
8
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 -2.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 208 students:

2025
202
2027
192
2029
182

≈ 26 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 $9,191 per student in district revenue, the 26 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $238,966/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.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
FORT WORTH
Public 6.1 203 -12.5%
YOUNG MEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
FORT WORTH
Public 5.8 191 +21.7%
BOB E GRIGGS H S
HALTOM CITY
Public 0.5 140 +5.3%
PREMIER H S OF ARLINGTON
ARLINGTON
Public · charter 8.9 176 -6.9%
KELLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
KELLER
Public 5.7 296 +289.5%
NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON GIBBINS
ARLINGTON
Public · charter 8.9 271 -8.1%
TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE
FORT WORTH
Public · charter 6.0 319 -32.8%
GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AT TCC NE
HURST
Public 4.0 358 -6.5%

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