Enrollment
196
High
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 480018411485
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School
1015 E WHEATLAND RD, DALLAS, TX 75241 · (214) 375-1921 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
191 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 11% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -11.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
13.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 33.0% | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 10.0% | 39.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School this school | 196 | 97.4% | 31.3% |
| Yates High School HOUSTON | 685 | 93.3% | 33.9% |
| Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School DALLAS | 580 | 96.9% | 34.7% |
| Worthing High School HOUSTON | 751 | 90.5% | 34.0% |
| KIPP Sunnyside High School HOUSTON | 622 | 91.5% | 34.8% |
| James Madison High School DALLAS | 349 | 97.1% | 35.7% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,320 of 1,385 | #89 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,397 of 1,425 ▼ 35 | #99 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,285 of 1,425 ▲ 69 | #84 of 100 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #1,350 of 2,107 | #102 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #29 of 1,522 | #10 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #37 of 557 | #11 of 55 |
Ranked against other public high 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
196
-68 (-26%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 196 | 15.2 | 12.9:1 | 97% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 16.2 | 13.4:1 | 99% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 17.6 | 12.3:1 | 98% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 77% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 19.7 | 15.0:1 | 99% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 61% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 59% (189) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (296 to 196); teachers down 23% (19.7 to 15.2).
About Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is a small high school in DALLAS, Texas, that operates as a charter school. The student body numbers 196 students, from grades 6 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY enrolls 511 students, and its 2 schools include Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School.
At Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School, Black students make up 89% of the student body. Other students are 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Dallas County residents are about 22% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
The school employs the equivalent of 15.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.9:1. The average ratio among high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is 97%. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
allk12 grades Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.3% and a predicted 32.1%.
Dallas County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
The next-closest public school is Gateway Charter Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School. Its average proficiency rate of 31.3% is below the 38.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is one of the charter schools in Texas.
The number of students declined from 264 to 196 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 12.9 students per teacher, compared with 16.5 in 2020-21.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY
- Gateway Charter AcademyElementary · 315 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Gateway Charter Academy0.0 mi · 315
- Martin Weiss Elementary School1.3 mi · 427
- Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy1.3 mi · 342
- Uplift Wisdom Prep PS1.4 mi · 593
- Uplift Wisdom Prep High School1.4 mi · 351
- Wisdom Prep Middle School1.4 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School?
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades 06-12.
Is Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School have?
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School?
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School reports a student body of 9% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School in?
Gateway Charter Academy - Middle - High School is part of GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY.
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