NOVA ACADEMY

NOVA ACADEMY is an elementary-level community of one-room-style scale in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within NOVA ACADEMY, enrolling 77 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NOVA ACADEMY sits 85% leaner than that benchmark.

NOVA ACADEMY is a school of NOVA ACADEMY, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, NOVA ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 40% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NOVA ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NOVA ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.3%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Dallas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NOVA ACADEMY is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is NOVA ACADEMY PRICHARD, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NOVA ACADEMY comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. NOVA ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 58%: 182 students in 2018 compared to 77 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 49% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On this page, the feed for NOVA ACADEMY typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.