ARLINGTON COLLEGE AND CAREER H S
ARLINGTON · TX · ARLINGTON ISD · Public
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TARRANT CO COLLEGE SOUTH/FORT WORTH COLLEGIATE H S → UPLIFT ASCEND PREP H S → MANSFIELD FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY → UPLIFT MIGHTY PREP H S → TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE → NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON GIBBINS → GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AT TCC NE → UPLIFT SUMMIT PREP H S →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ARLINGTON COLLEGE AND CAREER H S compares for families
What families should know about ARLINGTON COLLEGE AND CAREER H S.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: TARRANT CO COLLEGE SOUTH/FORT WORTH COLLEGIATE H S, UPLIFT ASCEND PREP H S, MANSFIELD FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 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.
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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.
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 +2.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 340 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,932 per student in district revenue, the 46 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $594,872/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARRANT CO COLLEGE SOUTH/FORT WORTH COLLEGIATE H S FORT WORTH |
Public | 6.4 | 347 | -5.4% |
| UPLIFT ASCEND PREP H S FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 318 | +13.6% |
| MANSFIELD FRONTIER STEM ACADEMY MANSFIELD |
Public | 8.0 | 326 | +109.0% |
| UPLIFT MIGHTY PREP H S FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 402 | -3.8% |
| TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - FORT WORTH LANCASTER AVENUE FORT WORTH |
Public · charter | 8.1 | 319 | -32.8% |
| NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON GIBBINS ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 5.3 | 271 | -8.1% |
| GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AT TCC NE HURST |
Public | 9.7 | 358 | -6.5% |
| UPLIFT SUMMIT PREP H S ARLINGTON |
Public · charter | 5.8 | 436 | -6.0% |