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Enrollment
929
Combined
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES·NCES 480016314321
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper
4300 E FIRST ST, PROSPER, TX 75058 · (469) 390-2061 · Collin County
GRADES KG–11COMBINED41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL929 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Texas public K-12 schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
84 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 3% |
| Grade 11 | 18 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 37.0% | 14.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 35.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Founders Classical Academy of Prosper
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founders Classical Academy of Prosper this school | 929 | 9.0% | 63.3% |
| Great Hearts Forest Heights SAN ANTONIO | 1,335 | 19.6% | 52.5% |
| Great Hearts Prairie View FORT WORTH | 919 | 28.2% | 41.8% |
| Great Hearts Lakeside FORT WORTH | 1,279 | 25.6% | 54.3% |
| Valor Leander LEANDER | 380 | 12.1% | 52.7% |
| Stafford STEM Magnet Academy STAFFORD | 345 | 35.1% | 87.3% |
Matched among Texas K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Founders Classical Academy of Prosper ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #17 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #44 of 218 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #15 of 218 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #51 of 134 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 929 | #14 of 280 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #120 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #2 of 144 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.0% | #226 of 226 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 929 | 55.2 | 16.8:1 | 9% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 49.1 | 18.0:1 | 8% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 43.1 | 17.8:1 | 9% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Founders Classical Academy of Prosper.
About Founders Classical Academy of Prosper
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper is a large school serving multiple grade levels with its address in PROSPER, Texas. It has an enrollment of 929 students in kindergarten through 11. Combined schools in Texas average about 485 students, which makes this school 92% above average.
The district, TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, has 17,100 students enrolled across 44 schools.
At Founders Classical Academy of Prosper, White students make up the biggest share, 41%. Other groups make up 27% Asian, 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 54% of Collin County residents are White. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Founders Classical Academy of Prosper are from different groups.
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper has 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Texas is 11.7:1. At Founders Classical Academy of Prosper, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Collin County report 30%.
On the allk12 Grade, Founders Classical Academy of Prosper lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Texas public K-12 schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Founders Classical Academy of Prosper falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 63.3% actual against 69.8% predicted.
The county, Collin County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $121,600 a year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Founders Classical Academy of Prosper, Collin County has 338 public schools.
The closest school to Founders Classical Academy of Prosper is Cynthia A Cockrell Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Founders Classical Academy of Prosper's average proficiency of 63.3% compares with 62.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES
- Founders Classical Academy - FriscoCombined · 1,013 students
- Founders Classical Academy of Flower MoundCombined · 949 students
- Founders Classical Academy - ConroeCombined · 921 students
- Founders Classical Academy - LewisvilleCombined · 912 students
- Ischool Virtual Academy of TexasHigh · 778 students
- Founders Classical Academy of SchertzCombined · 774 students
Other schools in PROSPER
- Prosper High SchoolHigh · 3,753 students
- Walnut Grove High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,762 students
- William Rushing Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,691 students
- Lorene Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,633 students
- Joyce Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,067 students
Nearby schools
- Cynthia A Cockrell Elementary School0.7 mi · 707
- Walnut Grove High School0.8 mi · 2,268
- J B Wilmeth Elementary School1.9 mi · 436
- Lorene Rogers Middle School2.0 mi · 1,633
- Jim and Betty Hughes Elementary School2.1 mi · 839
- R Steve Folsom Elementary School2.4 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Founders Classical Academy of ProsperHow many students attend Founders Classical Academy of Prosper?
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper enrolls approximately 929 students in grades KG-11.
What grades does Founders Classical Academy of Prosper serve?
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper serves grades KG-11.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Founders Classical Academy of Prosper?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Founders Classical Academy of Prosper is approximately 16.8:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Founders Classical Academy of Prosper?
At Founders Classical Academy of Prosper, the student body is approximately 41% White, 13% Hispanic, 14% Black, 27% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Founders Classical Academy of Prosper public or private?
Founders Classical Academy of Prosper is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.