Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Summary:

Founders Classical Academy-Austin North is a public charter elementary school serving grades K-8 in Austin, Texas, with a fluctuating student racial makeup and academic performance that lags behind state and district averages.

Despite spending more per student than the state average, Founders Classical Academy-Austin North has struggled academically, ranking in the bottom 20% of Texas elementary schools with only 1 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars. The school's proficiency rates on STAAR tests are significantly lower than the Austin Independent School District and the state, especially in reading and math. This performance gap is particularly pronounced for the school's African American, Hispanic, economically disadvantaged, and at-risk student populations, who tend to perform much lower than their peers. The school has also seen a concerning increase in its dropout rate, reaching 3.6% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby public schools in the Austin Independent School District, such as Blanton Elementary, Founders Classical Academy-Austin North performs significantly worse academically. The school's inconsistent performance over the years, with fluctuating rankings and star ratings, suggests a lack of sustained academic improvement. These challenges raise questions about the school's educational practices and resource allocation, as the higher per-student spending has not translated into better outcomes for its students.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 9100 E Us Hwy 290
       Austin, TX  78724


(972) 316-3663

District: Texas College Preparatory Academies

SchoolDigger Rank:
3778th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,722 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  9.3 Help
Number of students:  149

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
43.6%
White:
25.5%
African American:
16.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  43.6% Help


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Compare Details Founders Classical Academy-Austin North ranks worse than 80.8% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 13th among 18 ranked elementary schools in the Texas College Preparatory Academies School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.54. (See more...)
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Compare Details Founders Classical Academy-Austin North ranks worse than 68% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.94. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (43.6%), White (25.5%), African American (16.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 43.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North is 9.3, which is the 2nd best among 18 elementary schools in the Texas College Preparatory Academies School District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North is $13,722, which is the 2nd highest among 18 elementary schools in the Texas College Preparatory Academies School District.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Founders Classical Academy-Austin North was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Founders Classical Academy-Austin North 1605th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Founders Classical Academy-Austin North in the ranking list.)

Texas College Preparatory Academies:

SchoolDigger ranks Texas College Preparatory Academies 423rd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 41.11 2790th 4320 35.4%
2016 20.28 3716th 4286 13.3%
2017 29.15 3201st 4329 26.1%
2018 44.85 2247th 4359 48.5%
2019 58.92 1571st 4479 64.9%
2021 48.13 2129th 4578 53.5%
2022 45.23 2418th 4581 47.2%
2023 14.99 4282nd 4647 7.9%
2024 24.54 3778th 4675 19.2%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.47 1587th 3226 50.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.31 1946th 4264 54.4%
2019 66.23 1010th 4309 76.6%
2021 34.93 3053rd 4451 31.4%
2022 44.28 2531st 4477 43.5%
2023 7.12 4467th 4521 1.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.76 2638th 4306 38.7%
2019 57.96 1604th 4348 63.1%
2021 55.12 1743rd 4499 61.3%
2022 50.57 2125th 4561 53.4%
2023 13.92 4314th 4588 6.0%
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Rank History for elementary school At Risk students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.61 1162nd 4240 72.6%
2019 72.61 678th 4295 84.2%
2021 52.26 1686th 4331 61.1%
2022 41.24 2732nd 4461 38.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.12 2040th 4319 52.8%
2019 57.03 1603rd 4357 63.2%
2021 31.88 3049th 4498 32.2%
2022 40.81 2691st 4563 41.0%
2023 21.75 3908th 4585 14.8%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.89 1099th 2483 55.7%
2019 59.44 804th 2515 68.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.77 1712th 4168 58.9%
2019 64.79 1122nd 4188 73.2%
2021 49.73 1956th 4329 54.8%
2022 52.71 1916th 4376 56.2%
2023 14.25 4178th 4401 5.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

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Rank History for all middle school students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2016 42.74 1239th 1987 37.6%
2017 48.23 931st 2027 54.1%
2018 59.96 656th 2080 68.5%
2019 69.91 485th 2193 77.9%
2021 67.32 567th 2252 74.8%
2022 80.10 328th 2254 85.4%
2023 41.90 1325th 2330 43.1%
2024 33.94 1605th 2361 32.0%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.76 120th 1376 91.3%
2023 33.85 1186th 1720 31.0%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.03 394th 2039 80.7%
2019 78.45 230th 2073 88.9%
2022 73.64 327th 2220 85.3%
2023 22.03 1945th 2251 13.6%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.39 1275th 2008 36.5%
2019 54.71 822nd 2047 59.8%
2022 81.37 278th 2221 87.5%
2023 44.34 1221st 2241 45.5%
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Rank History for middle school At Risk students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.55 247th 2008 87.7%
2019 71.72 306th 2058 85.1%
2022 82.73 173rd 2182 92.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.70 425th 2030 79.1%
2022 68.20 528th 2228 76.3%
2023 37.99 1394th 2245 37.9%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 82.35 130th 1193 89.1%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.56 449th 1895 76.3%
2019 86.83 141st 1935 92.7%
2022 82.41 206th 2077 90.1%
2023 19.27 1887th 2116 10.8%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2013 12 38 0 88 0 2 4 0 144
2014 18 52 0 103 0 2 6 0 181
2015 21 54 0 110 1 2 9 0 197
2016 16 53 0 116 0 2 14 0 201
2017 9 53 0 137 0 2 10 0 211
2018 12 55 0 102 0 0 9 0 178
2019 25 49 1 81 0 0 7 0 163
2020 20 38 3 85 0 0 8 0 154
2021 19 32 5 72 0 0 10 0 138
2022 16 31 5 72 0 0 13 0 137
2023 38 24 11 65 0 0 11 0 149

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2013 144 10.0 14.4 68.8
2014 181 14.0 12.9 71.3
2015 197 14.0 14.0 71.6
2016 201 16.0 12.5 72.1
2017 211 19.0 11.1 76.3
2018 178 18.0 9.8 68
2019 163 14.5 11.2 62.6
2020 154 11.8 12.9 56.5
2021 138 10.4 13.1 51.4
2022 137 13.0 10.5 58.4
2023 149 16.0 9.3 43.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2013 144 10.0 14.4 68.8
2014 181 14.0 12.9 71.3
2015 197 14.0 14.0 71.6
2016 201 16.0 12.5 72.1
2017 211 19.0 11.1 76.3
2018 178 18.0 9.8 68
2019 163 14.5 11.2 62.6
2020 154 11.8 12.9 56.5
2021 138 10.4 13.1 51.4
2022 137 13.0 10.5 58.4
2023 149 16.0 9.3 43.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,158 (10.4%) $9,939 (89.6%) $11,096
2020 $1,197 (9.2%) $11,832 (90.8%) $13,029
2021 $1,290 (9.4%) $12,432 (90.6%) $13,722

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Founders Classical Academy-Austin North

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1571st of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 4282nd of 4647 Elementary schools
 57.1%
Ranks 485th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1325th of 2330 Middle schools
 34.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)5031
 19%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4954
 5%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)558
 47%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4743
 4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)7144
 27%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4550
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)5319
 34%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4438
 6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)4318
 25%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas College Preparatory Academies)5762
 5%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)4312
 31%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas College Preparatory Academies)5247
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)5012
 38%
   5th Grade Science (Texas College Preparatory Academies)3931
 8%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
6th Grade Reading (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)3036
 6%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4660
 14%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)4014
 26%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas College Preparatory Academies)5240
 12%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)5452
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas College Preparatory Academies)5764
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)7738
 39%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4845
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)5655
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas College Preparatory Academies)5765
 8%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)5655
 1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4334
 9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5538
 17%
8th Grade Science (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)7850
 28%
   8th Grade Science (Texas College Preparatory Academies)4339
 4%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Founders Classical Academy-Austin North)3310
 23%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas College Preparatory Academies)3629
 7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students163149
 8.6%
African American4924
 51%
American Indian00
Asian111
 1000%
Hispanic8165
 19.8%
Pacific Islander00
White2538
 52%
Two or More Races711
 57.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62.6%43.6%
 19%


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Founders Classical Academy-Austin North ranks in the bottom 19.2% of Texas elementary schools.

Students at Founders Classical Academy-Austin North are 44% Hispanic, 26% White, 16% African American, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 149 students attended Founders Classical Academy-Austin North.


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