Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
AXTELL/BE DAEP → TAG → MARLIN OPPORTUNITY CENTER → CHALLENGE ACADEMY → KI CHARTER - TEMPLE → G L WILEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER → WACO CTR FOR YOUTH → METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME →How Challenge Academy compares for families
What families should know about Challenge Academy.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: AXTELL/BE DAEP, TAG, MARLIN OPPORTUNITY CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
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.
💰 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.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXTELL/BE DAEP EDDY |
Public | 18.8 | 3 | — |
| TAG CHINA SPRING |
Public | 9.4 | 11 | — |
| MARLIN OPPORTUNITY CENTER MARLIN |
Public | 24.5 | 9 | — |
| CHALLENGE ACADEMY WACO |
Public | 0.0 | 43 | — |
| KI CHARTER - TEMPLE TEMPLE |
Public · charter | 37.2 | 7 | — |
| G L WILEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER WACO |
Public | 2.5 | 45 | — |
| WACO CTR FOR YOUTH WACO |
Public | 0.8 | 52 | — |
| METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME WACO |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 64 | +1.6% |