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Farmers Branch, Texas - 1 schools
At $15,063 per pupil, Bridgeway Preparatory Academy ranks #280 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy operates 1 public schools serving 117 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dallas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,063 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.4% local, 55.5% state, and 37.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 108:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.1% African American, 36.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bridgeway Preparatory Academy, enrolling 108 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy accounts for 92.3% of all Bridgeway Preparatory Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bridgeway Preparatory Academy a distant remainder — means Bridgeway Preparatory Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy student-counselor ratio is 108:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Bridgeway Preparatory Academy is typically wider than the Bridgeway Preparatory Academy-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bridgeway Preparatory Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bridgeway Preparatory Academy?
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 117 students.
How much does Bridgeway Preparatory Academy spend per student?
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy spends $15,063 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bridgeway Preparatory Academy?
Bridgeway Preparatory Academy students are 48.1% African American, 36.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% White, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.