Ascension Academy
Amarillo · TX · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Holy Cross Catholic Academy → Central Baptist Christian Academy → San Jacinto Christian Academy → Springboard Academics → Sharp Academy → Hillcrest School → Montessori Mastery School Of Odessa → Mighty B Academy →How Ascension Academy compares for families
What families should know about Ascension Academy.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Holy Cross Catholic Academy, Central Baptist Christian Academy, San Jacinto Christian Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
Their published matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
Ascension Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 64 colleges, in the document's own order.
Years, as the document states them
Past 10 Years
and 34 more
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by Ascension Academy — Ascension Academy School Profile ↗. Found at: 'Collegiate Success — Post Graduate Destination (Past 10 Years)' section (three-column list).
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.6%/year, projecting from 2022's 171 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Catholic Academy Amarillo |
Private | 5.0 | 114 | +20.0% |
| Central Baptist Christian Academy Amarillo |
Private | 5.2 | 9 | — |
| San Jacinto Christian Academy Amarillo |
Private | 5.5 | 270 | -23.1% |
| Springboard Academics Lubbock |
Private | 111.3 | 110 | +25.0% |
| Sharp Academy Lubbock |
Private | 113.4 | 43 | — |
| Hillcrest School Midland |
Private | 216.6 | 111 | +16.8% |
| Montessori Mastery School Of Odessa Odessa |
Private | 228.5 | 113 | +56.9% |
| Mighty B Academy Rockport |
Private | 266.8 | 98 | — |
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