Vanguard College Preparatory School

Waco · TX · Private independent · K-12 combined

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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.

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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).)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.

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Colleges the school lists for its graduates

Vanguard College Preparatory School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 140 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
the past eight years

Abilene Christian University* Austin College* Baylor University* Concordia University Texas* Dallas Baptist University* Midwestern State University* Our Lady of the Lake University Rice University Sam Houston State University Schreiner University Southern Methodist University* Southwestern University* St. Edward’s University St. Mary's University* Texas A&M University* Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi* Texas Christian University* Texas Lutheran University Texas State University* Texas Tech University* Trinity University* University of Houston* University of the Incarnate Word University of Mary Hardin-Baylor* University of North Texas* University of Texas at Arlington* University of Texas at Austin* University of Texas at Dallas* University of Texas at San Antonio Allegheny College

and 110 more

Amherst College Arizona State University* Auburn University* Azusa Pacific University* Belhaven University Belmont University* Boston University* Bowdoin College* Brigham Young University* Brown University California Lutheran University* Case Western Reserve University* Colgate University College of Wooster Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University* Columbia University Cornell University* Dartmouth University Davidson College* Denison University* Duke University Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ* Emerson College Emory University* Full Sail University Georgia Tech University George Washington University Hamilton College Harding University Harvard University* Lewis and Clark College Louisiana State University* Michigan State University* Mount Holyoke College* New York University* North Carolina State University Northeastern University Ohio State University* Oklahoma State University Oral Roberts University Ouachita Baptist University* Penn State University* Pepperdine University* Princeton University* Purdue University* Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College* Rutgers University* Samford University* Seton Hall University Sewanee (University of the South) Stanford University Stetson University The Citadel* Tulane University United States Naval Academy University of Alabama* University of Arizona University of Arkansas* University of California, Davis* University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of California Los Angeles* University of Central Oklahoma University of Charleston University of Chicago* University of Colorado Boulder* University of Connecticut* University of Denver University of Georgia University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign* University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Kentucky University of Miami University of Minnesota University of Mississippi* University of Missouri* University of Nebraska University of Nevada University of New Mexico* University of N. Carolina Chapel Hill University of North Dakota* University of Notre Dame* University of Oklahoma* University of Oregon University of Pittsburgh University of Puget Sound University of Rochester* University of South Dakota* University of Southern California University of Tennessee University of Tulsa University of Washington University of Wisconsin* University of Virginia* Vanderbilt University* Vassar College* Virginia Tech University* Wake Forest University* Washington & Lee University Washington State University* Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College West Virginia University Wheaton College Willamette University* Yale University*

These are the colleges the school published for its graduates.

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Independently verified As published by Vanguard College Preparatory School — 2025-2026 School Profile ↗. Found at: page 4, section headed 'COLLEGE MATRICULATION OF THE VANGUARD GRADUATE'.

About this listing

Vanguard College Preparatory School is listed by PSS 2020 · NAIS. Its enrollment figures below come from the most recent federal Private School Survey it answered; the survey is voluntary, and the school did not respond to the latest wave. The school's own site: www.vanguard.org ↗

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 197 in 2018 to 204 in 2020 — over 2 years.

+3.6%

Why only 2 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.

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Eagle Christian Academy Waco	Private	1.0	149	+15.5%
Reicher Catholic High School Waco	Private	2.7	316	+115.0%
St Louis Catholic School Waco	Private	2.7	315	+35.8%
Live Oak Classical School Waco	Private	4.8	447	+12.6%
Parkview Christian Academy Waco	Private	5.7	96	+18.5%
Resolution Ranch Academy Cameron	Private	47.1	23	—
Sycamore Academy Keene	Private	59.4	159	+130.4%
Trinity Valley School Fort Worth	Private	77.9	980	—

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