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Dallas, Texas - 13 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Texans Can Academies #403 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,350 per pupil, Texans Can Academies ranks #626 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Texans Can Academies operates 13 public schools serving 3,790 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $13,350 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.5% local, 71.5% state, and 21.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #403 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 242:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 68.4% Hispanic or Latino, 28.6% African American, 1.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Westcreek, with a diversity index of 53.6/100.
Its largest campus is Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove, enrolling 529 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Texans Can Academy - Garland, at 6 students, a 88x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Texans Can Academies school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 529 students (highest), a spread of 523 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 13 schools in Texans Can Academies.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Texans Can Academies's schools, below the Texas average of 44.7.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove Charter | 529 |
| Texans Can Academy - Oak Cliff Charter | 523 |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston Southwest Charter | 410 |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston Hobby Charter | 322 |
| Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue Charter | 319 |
| Texans Can Academy - Houston North Charter | 254 |
| Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Westcreek Charter | 240 |
| Texans Can Academy - Dallas North Charter | 217 |
| Texans Can Academy - Carrollton-Farmers Branch Charter | 214 |
| Texans Can Academy - Grant East Charter | 205 |
| Texans Can Academy - Austin Charter | 168 |
| Texans Can Academy - San Antonio Charter | 72 |
| Texans Can Academy - Garland Charter | 6 |
The Texas districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgore Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Alvarado Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| Decatur Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Valley View Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Stephenville Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Texans Can Academies's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Houston Isd →Texans Can Academies has 13 schools, including 13 high. Total enrollment is 3,790 students.
Texans Can Academies spends $13,350 per student. The district has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #403 in Texas.
Texans Can Academies students are 68.4% Hispanic or Latino, 28.6% African American, 1.9% White, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 13 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Texans Can Academies has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #403 out of 1047 districts in Texas.
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