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FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL
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FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL operates as an intimate four-year high school in CORINTH, Texas, operated by TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES. Current enrollment sits at 509 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.
TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 17,100 students. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, On paper, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Denton County's rate of about 35%.
After controlling for student poverty, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 57.7%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Denton County) records that median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is CORINTH EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.9%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL has expanded 277%, going from 135 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 76% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.
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