FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO

FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO operates as a large unified-grade school in FRISCO, Texas, part of TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES. Current enrollment sits at 1,013 students spanning grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 109% larger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO lists that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 32% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Collin County's rate of about 30%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Collin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO is one.

WAKELAND H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - FRISCO runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.