FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP

Located at 415 SHILOH RD, in BASTROP, Texas, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP is a tight-knit unified-grade school that educates 226 students (grades K through 11), overseen by TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP sits 53% below that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES (17,100 students total), FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Bastrop County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.1%; actual is 40.8%, a gap of -21.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bastrop County put median household earnings sit near $86,226, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bastrop County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,931 students), FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COLONY OAKS EL, around 2.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP. On composite proficiency, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. As a public charter, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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