Fort Worth Country Day

Fort Worth · TX · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

At a glance

Programs & features
  • 1 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2024)
Academic signals
  • SAT 25-75: 1210–1400
  • ACT 25-75: 26–31
  • APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list. exam pass rate 88%

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Fort Worth Country Day compares for families

What families should know about Fort Worth Country Day.

  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Wedgwood Academy, Hill School Of Fort Worth, Trinity Valley School 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

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.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Fort Worth Country Day School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 109 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2020-23

College  ·  Students

Texas A&M University 40
Texas Christian University 34
University of Oklahoma 33
University of Texas at Austin 29
University of South Carolina 13
Southern Methodist University 11
Tulane University 8
University of Texas at Arlington 7
Oklahoma State University 6
Trinity University 6
University of Arkansas 6
University of Georgia 6
Baylor University 5
Blinn College 5
Colorado School of Mines 5
Texas Tech University 5
University of Colorado Boulder 5
University of North Texas 5
Washington and Lee University 5
Austin Community College 4
Southwestern University 4
University of Mississippi 4
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4
University of Virginia 4
Auburn University 3
Clemson University 3
Harvard University 3
Purdue University 3
Sewanee: The University of the South 3
University of Chicago 3
and 79 more
Texas A&M University at Galveston 2
Olin College of Engineering 1
University of St Andrews (SCOTLAND) 1
York University (CANADA) 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Fort Worth Country Day School — College Profile for the Class of 2024 ↗. Found at: p.2, 'COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2020-23' list (including a separate 'INTERNATIONAL' subsection).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,100 in 2018 to 1,097 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-0.3%
Why only 3 data points?

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.

For a more current snapshot, see Fort Worth Country Day's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.fwcd.org/userfiles/fwcdmvc/documents/College%… ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -0.1%/year, projecting from 2022's 1,097 students:

2023
1,096
2025
1,095
2027
1,093

≈ 4 fewer students by 2027 — 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 tuition per student, the 4 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $64,000/year in tuition at risk.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

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.

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Wedgwood Academy
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Private 1.9 77 -9.4%
Hill School Of Fort Worth
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Private 2.8 104 -28.3%
Trinity Valley School
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Private 2.9 980
My Dreams Academy
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Private 8.5 50
The Oakridge School
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Private 12.5 631 -13.2%
Northstar School
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Private 14.0 29
The New Key School Inc
Fort Worth
Private 14.0 83 -9.8%
St Peter'S Classical School
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Private 2.3 87

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