High school (grades 9-12) · Fort Worth, TX

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue

Federal NCES profile for Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 28/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 480001609028Charter school
0/100100/10028/100
👥 S:T ratio
36
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
36
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 70% of Texas schools.

#26 of 38
high schools in Fort Worth · Resource Index
28
Resource Index · Lower
15.9:1
large classes for Texas
83.7%
free-lunch eligible

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue has class sizes larger than 70% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue ranks #26 of 38 high schools in Fort Worth, TX.

School address

Enrollment

319

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

20.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

15.9:1

vs 14.7:1 Texas avg

+8% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

83.7%

vs 61.9% Texas avg

+35% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue compares with Texas and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue is a high-poverty, mid-sized charter high school in Fort Worth, Texas, enrolling 319 students.

Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 15.9:1 puts it in the larger third of Texas schools by student-teacher ratio.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 83.7% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 319 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 8,960 scored Texas schools.

Among 1,218 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Texas schools statewide, it ranks #994, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (61%) and African American (35%) (diversity index 51/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 319 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.

Its district draws 21.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Texans Can Academies also operates Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove (529 students) and Texans Can Academy - Oak Cliff (523 students) alongside Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue compares

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 15.9:1 ▲ 8% 14.7:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 83.7% ▲ 35% 61.9% 51.7%
Enrollment 319 top 73% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

15.9:1
Leaner classes than 39% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
319
Bigger than 35% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
83.7%
free-lunch eligible - 35% above the Texas average of 61.9%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
15.9:1
students per teacher - 8% above state mean
Top 70% in Texas - lower ratio than 30% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Funding equity
$11,875
per pupil, district-wide - below Texas avg of $13,644
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 319 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 60.5%
African American 34.5%
White 2.5%
Two or More 2.5%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 60.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 51.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 51.4, Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Texans Can Academies, which includes Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue.

$11,875
Per student
-13%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-28%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 7.5%
State 71.5%
Federal 21.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Texans Can Academy - Oak Cliff Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Texans Can Academy - Houston Southwest Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Texans Can Academy - Houston Hobby Similar size Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Texans Can Academy - Houston North Similar size Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Texans Can Academies · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue

How many students attend Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue?

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue has 319 students enrolled. It is a high school in Fort Worth, TX.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue?

The student-teacher ratio at Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue is 15.9:1, which is 8% higher than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 1% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue?

83.7% of students at Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue?

The largest demographic group at Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue is Hispanic or Latino at 60.5% of enrollment, in Fort Worth, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 51.4/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue?

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue has a Resource Investment Index of 28/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue rank among high schools in Fort Worth?

By Resource Investment Index, Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue ranks #26 of 38 high schools in Fort Worth, TX. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Fort Worth on the city page.

Is Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue a good school?

Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 70% of Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Texans Can Academies?

Besides Texans Can Academy - Fort Worth Lancaster Avenue, Texans Can Academies also operates Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove (529 students), Texans Can Academy - Oak Cliff (523 students), and Texans Can Academy - Houston Southwest (410 students). See the Texans Can Academies district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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