FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ

FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ is one of the expansive multi-level schools in SCHERTZ, Texas, overseen by TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, with 774 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ sits 60% above that benchmark.

TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 17,100 students. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 38% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.2%; FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ posts 45.5%, -14.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

RAY D CORBETT J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.6%.

The school occupies a rural site. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ 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 OF SCHERTZ has edged up 87%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 774 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 54% to 48% over that span.

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