Prestonwood Christian Academy

A parent's read

• Where graduates go: #1 feeder school to Southern Methodist University; top 10 for UT Austin. Prestonwood Christian Academy's own list (Class of 2025), enrolled: University of Arkansas (31), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (29), Baylor (27), Oklahoma State University (27), University of Oklahoma (25). Feeder standing: #1 Southern Methodist University, #1 Savannah College of Art and Design, #1 University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), #4 UT Austin, #4 Texas Christian University, #4 Auburn.
• Worth asking admissions: the school profile. Reach doesn't yet show this school's SAT/ACT or AP results. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges, and most post it online — ask admissions for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where graduates go — as published by the school

Prestonwood Christian Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled (Class of 2025): 137 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at University of Arkansas (31), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (29), Baylor University (27). See the full list ↓

Feeder standing #1 feeder to Southern Methodist University, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) · #4 to University of Texas at Austin, #2 to Texas Tech University, #2 to The University of Texas at Dallas, #2 to The University of Texas at Arlington — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

How Prestonwood Christian Academy compares for families

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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).)

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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.)

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.

At a glance

Prestonwood Christian Academy is a private high school in Plano, TX, enrolling 1,656 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is up 28% from 2018 to 2022.

Prestonwood Christian Academy publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 137 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are University of Arkansas (31), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (29), Baylor University (27), Oklahoma State University (27), University of Oklahoma (25). Source: College Acceptances — PCA Plano Class of 2025 (school website page).

Prestonwood Christian Academy's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 Southern Methodist University, #1 Savannah College of Art and Design, #1 University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), #4 UT Austin, #4 Texas Christian University, #4 Auburn.

Prestonwood Christian Academy had 8 National Merit Commended Students in the Class of 2025, the seniors who graduated in June 2025 (Prestonwood Christian Academy Class of 2025 school profile).

Prestonwood Christian Academy had 6 National Merit Commended Students in the Class of 2021, the seniors who graduated in June 2021 (Prestonwood Christian Academy Class of 2021 school profile).

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Prestonwood Christian Academy graduates go to college? Prestonwood Christian Academy publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Class of 2025: 137 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are University of Arkansas (31), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (29), Baylor University (27), Oklahoma State University (27), University of Oklahoma (25). Source: College Acceptances — PCA Plano Class of 2025 (school website page).

Which colleges is Prestonwood Christian Academy a top feeder school to? Prestonwood Christian Academy's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #1 Southern Methodist University, #1 Savannah College of Art and Design, #1 University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), #4 UT Austin, #4 Texas Christian University, #4 Auburn.

How many students attend Prestonwood Christian Academy? Prestonwood Christian Academy is a private high school in Plano, TX, enrolling 1,656 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.