DFWChild Guide to Education 2023

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Multiple Choice

Making back to school easier for parents

WORDS AMANDA COLLINS BERNIER

YOU CAN GO THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR CHARTER ROUTE. They can learn in style of Maria Montessori, from a religious approach, or from teachers who switch languages mid-day—or mid-class. There’s even a whole school based on Russian mathematics. When it comes to your child’s education, the options are aplenty—and that’s a good thing.

But with choices comes decisions, and the school you send your child to is one of the bigger ones you make as a parent. School shapes so much of who we are—our friends, our outlook, our childhood memories—not to mention our education. And all children learn differently; some kids might thrive at the neighborhood public school, while others might fit in better in a private or charter school setting. It’s no wonder this decision can feel so high stakes.

DFWChild’s Guide to Education is meant to help you navigate these choices, and the first step is knowing all your options. Consider this your cheat sheet.

If you’re considering a private school, flip to page 23 where you’ll find an exhaustive list of the offerings in Dallas-Fort Worth along with some key information such as the grades they serve and their total enrollment. Public school a better fit for your family? There are options there too—find your local ISD on page 39, and check out the directory of area public charter schools on page 41.

Don’t worry, Mom and Dad, you’ll ace this.

Amanda Collins Bernier and her son Max, all smiles on the first day of school.

BY JULIA LAVIGNE

Why Your B Student Will Be OK

Breathe easy, parents of B students. Your child doesn’t have to be top of the class to be successful in life.

WORDS MISTY JACKSON-MILLER

NANCY GRAHAM OF DALLAS says that some people were “shocked” when she mentioned she wasn’t going to actively push her son Babe, 9, into one of Dallas Independent School District’s magnet programs. He’s a good student and turns his homework in on time, but he isn’t that interested in school. Rather, he has a wide variety of interests outside of class, like Minecraft and tae kwon do. Most of all, he loves spending time with his friends.

When Babe was in first grade, Graham recalls being a little bit nervous about his reading assessment when she sat down for a parent-teacher conference. But Babe’s teacher immediately put her at ease. Babe was hanging in there and completing his assignments. And as the teacher explained, “You’ve got the ones who shoot up and the ones who creep up, but by the time they get to third grade, it all evens out.”

So Graham helps Babe with his homework. She throws a football with him on the weekends. “If we start something, we finish it,” she says. “The game, the season, we’ll follow through with it.” But she doesn’t pressure her son to win lots of awards and trophies. Yes, she cheers for him when he catches a football, but she is careful not to attach too much value to a single achievement.

“Look, there’s something to be said about striving to make sure my child is happy, rather than be the fastest or the smartest kid out there,” says Graham. “I want him to learn how to navigate the world and get through social events in time—in his time. And there’s not just one way to get there.”

This is a sentiment strongly echoed by Aileen Wainwright, a licensed clinical social worker based in Keller. Kids who don’t excel in school have so much to offer the world as they come into adulthood. “Average kiddos can be great leaders, and they have much better social skills. They’re good listeners and they tend to have a very high emotional intelligence.”

Since psychologist Daniel Goleman published Emotional Intelligence in the mid-’90s, study after study has confirmed that emotional intelligence is a better predictor of success than IQ or test scores—meaning kids who are good at, say, finding friends on the playground could end up with leadership roles and higher salaries than their book-smart but socially unsavvy peers.

The professional and political worlds are rife with leaders who were not top of their class but rocketed to success once free to pursue their interests. Some worked hard, but were gifted in areas like creativity and entrepreneurship rather than academia. Others found school boring and not worth their effort, but discovered other passions they could pour their energy into.

Think Richard Branson, who dropped out of high school, where he performed poorly, to follow his entrepreneurial bent and now has a net worth of over $5 billion. Or President Joe Biden, whose college grades were “never exceptional” according to The New York Times, but who made it into law school by sheer force of personality and later found his passion in politics.

And there’s former President George W. Bush, who famously told graduating Yale students: “To the C students, I say, you too can be president.” He would know.

So not nabbing that valedictorian spot doesn’t mean your child is destined for a life of mediocrity— and in the nearer future, it doesn’t mean your child won’t earn a place at his or her dream college. In fact, nonacademic traits like “concern for others and the common good” are highly desirable in prospective students for many college admissions offices. Concern for others can be a very difficult quality to assess, but in a 2016 report by Harvard’s Making Caring Common project, the authors suggest it can be demonstrated in the less splashy, sometimes overlooked day-to-day activities like “contributions to one’s family and the community” activities that some kids may naturally be drawn to instead of schoolwork.

REDEFINING SUCCESS

When parents push too hard for their children to excel, there can be unintended physical and emotional consequences. Children are particularly susceptible to sports injuries. And with athletics or

academics (and especially with both in the equation), there’s also an emotional risk of burning out, which can carry into adolescence and young adulthood and contribute to depression and anxiety.

In her Fort Worth counseling practice, Stephanie Adams, a licensed professional counselor, sees a lot of teenagers and college students with anxiety disorders. Many of her clients “don’t know how to slow down or take care of themselves,” and because many of them are so used to having structured activity, “they get overwhelmed when their parents aren’t there to manage their schedules or plan their activities or even take care of the day-to-day things like laundry and picking up after themselves.”

Given the risks, why are we putting so much pressure on our kids to excel—to “be the best, next better thing,” as Adams describes it? Why are we trying to box our kids in with such a narrow definition of success?

Instead, says Adams, parents should nurture and value “the assets that these kids already have—for example, that they are good to people, they are kind to people, they are good at finding solutions to difficult challenges.”

Some kids who don’t excel in the classroom will climb the ladder to the C-suite and the White House. Others will grow up to be good friends, good parents, good employees—allaround good people who successfully pursue their passions and make an impact in their communities.

“An angel on earth,” is how Jana Bailey, 59, of Richardson, describes her son Brandon, 25. “What he’s accomplished in such a short amount of time; he’s truly an amazing individual.”

Brandon never went through a gifted and talented program or took a bunch of honors classes. When it came to academics, “school was just not very high on my priority board,” says Brandon. “I thought as long I passed, I’m good.”

And yet, when Brandon was a teenager, the Bailey house was always full of kids. “It was  definitely the place to be!” laughs Bailey. “Brandon treats everyone as a friend, no matter what his or  her background.”

His ability to connect with different people, across so many different backgrounds, “to understand the lives people live,” has helped pave his way to adult success.

He graduated from Oklahoma State University and has a great career in account management ahead of him. He is a loving husband and devoted father of twin daughters. He and his wife are even foster parents, which are sorely needed here in Texas. Last year, he ran his first half-marathon.

So even though his parents didn’t push him to front-load his CV, Brandon found his own road to success. Now he’s passing those ideals on to his girls. He wants them “to find their niche” and hopes to inspire in them qualities like “kindness” and “thoughtfulness.”

And he’s thinking about taking on a full marathon next.

“THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT STRIVING TO MAKE SURE MY CHILD IS HAPPY, RATHER THAN BE THE FASTEST OR THE SMARTEST KID OUT THERE.”

Talk It Out

The importance of language immersion schools and why they work

WORDS LISA SALINAS + ALEXIS PATTERSON

FORT WORTH DAD MATTHEW SIKES wishes he were bilingual. “All the time,” he shares. “I’m a lawyer, and the more languages you speak, the greater the pool of potential clients. And it would help with witnesses. Plus, knowing other languages opens up cultural experiences you won’t have if you speak only English.”

Little by little, Sikes is learning some Spanish through his daughters. They’re 2 and 4—and take classes at the Spanish-immersion preschool Mi Casita in Fort Worth. “I find myself trying to figure out what they said,” Sikes laughs. “I look things up on Google Translate.”

Sikes enrolled his daughters at Mi Casita with the hope that they one day have the professional

and travel opportunities he hasn’t. He also sees great value for their developing minds. “They’re thinking in different ways and improving their cognition,” Sikes says of the girls. “They’ve really taken to it. I’ve even heard the older one lecturing the younger one in Spanish.”

Sikes and his wife are among a growing number of parents who want their children to be multilin-

gual. It makes sense, given our global society where diverse cultures thrive. According to the U.S. Census, nearly 30 percent of the Texas population (that is, 7.8 million people) speak Spanish at home.

There are private, specialty schools that help children become bilingual as well as a growing dual-language trend in North Texas public schools. Here’s how and why those programs work.

HOW IMMERSION SCHOOLS WORK

Mi Casita—the preschool and daycare in Fort Worth that Sikes’ daughters attend—conducts classes in 100% Spanish. “More than teaching in Spanish, we speak in Spanish,” explains Melissa Page Peter, founder and owner of Mi Casita, which accepts kids from birth to 5 years. “If we did both English and Spanish, the students wouldn’t have as much exposure to Spanish. The more sounds they hear in Spanish, the higher the likelihood of fluency.”

Mi Casita students take in the language through project-based learning—such as creating a toy store and presenting it (in Spanish) to their families. This is in contrast to simply being taught nouns, verbs and the like.

“Project-based learning is engaging, authentic work that leads to very positive learning experiences in general,” says Page Peter. “And my philosophy is that when we align language with that approach, they’ll have more positive experiences with Spanish as well.” Starting your kids young is best. While “better late than never,” Page Peter says “the optimal time is 0-7.”

Love of Language

10 Bilingual and Immersion Schools in Dallas-Fort Worth for your multi-lingual littles

CAMINITO SPANISH IMMERSION AND MONTESSORI SCHOOL

Keller, 817/627-8728; caminitospanishschool.com

DALLAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Dallas, 972/991-6379

Upper school, grades 5-12 // Dallas, 469/250-0001 dallasinternationalschool.org

GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS

Dallas, 214/507-0130; german-isd.org

GUIDEPOST MONTESSORI

Multiple locations, guidepostmontessori.com

MERIT CHINESE SCHOOL

Plano, 972/813-9192; meritchineseschool.org

MI CASITA

Fort Worth, 817/926-5693; micasitapreschool.com

THE MONTESSORI LEARNING HOUSE

Little Elm, 469/777-3673; tmlhbilingualschool.com

PICCOLINO

Keller, 817/527-8427; piccolinopreschool.com

SPANISH SCHOOLHOUSE

Multiple locations, spanishschoolhouse.com

SPANISH WORLD SCHOOL

Multiple locations; spanishworldschool.com

Camille Laupie-Williams, a Dallas International School (DIS) pre-K3 French teacher, says kids in preschool grasp language quickly because they absorb it intuitively. In contrast, an adult might try to compare and translate what they’re learning to their first language.

“Our students will start to understand directions in French, to participate in our language rituals and to answer questions in Pre-K3,” Laupie-Williams notes. “They will be able to speak back in French in kindergarten.”

They gain skills in other languages too. DIS instructional days are split primarily between French

and English, with a third language, Spanish or Mandarin, incorporated beginning in pre-K4.

Even parents who speak another language themselves choose these kinds of schools and programs. Dallas mom Nelyda Villaseñor initially learned Spanish from her parents but gained fluency in dual-language programs. So it was an easy choice to enroll her 3-year-old daughter in bilingual pre-K at Dallas ISD’s Arthur Kramer Elementary.

“I have a few cousins whose parents enrolled them in onlyEnglish classes starting in kindergarten, and they can barely speak Spanish,” she shares.

“They are not able to write it nor really read it fluently. That makes a huge difference.”

Villaseñor tells us her daughter grows her language abilities mostly through playtime and basic skills building.

“I feel like her vocabulary has expanded,” she said. “She’s using fuller sentences now.”

CULTIVATING CULTURE

Another important aspect of language learning is immersion in the culture of study. For example, DIS follows the French education model. “We have more breaks during the day,” says Laupie-Williams. “We have three different recesses—that’s a little different from American schools, I think. Playing outside is important for us.”

And the children learn French stories and songs, too, such as classic book Roule Galette and children’s song Une Souris Verte. Plus, there’s one day out of the year that’s dedicated to celebrating all the countries around the world that speak French.

There’s also a multinational feel at Mi Casita, where most of the teachers were born outside of the United States. “We have teachers from Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Colombia,” says Page Peter. “Their cultural experience, they bring that to the classroom.”

Ultimately, these schools teach kids how to navigate modern life. “It’s that open mind that they get here at DIS,” Laupie-Williams says. “Being aware at such a young age of all the different cultures, all the different languages, is preparing them for the global world that they’re going to grow up in.”

your kid’s math scores?

WORDS TYLER HICKS

THE TEACHER WRITES A COMPLEX PROBLEM on the whiteboard and then asks her students, a group of seventh-graders, to take positions at the front of the class and try their hand at the problem. As her pupils walk to the whiteboard, she smiles, knowing exactly what is about to happen. Moments later, each of her students has surmised a solution—and each solution is slightly different.

“One of you is correct,” the teacher says. “Let’s figure out who it is.” Marina Popel’s school branch may be in Plano, but her teaching style is not American. This approach, called “access learning,” is a cornerstone of so-called Russian math, a style that more and more American parents are

turning to in order to enhance their kids’ math skills.

Though American students have shown improvement on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, which is given to fourthand eighth-graders every four years, their scores still lag behind several other developed countries. And results of the math portion of the Program for International Student Assessment, a test given to 15-year-olds, are less encouraging, with Americans lingering in the middle of the pack.

A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MATH

“Russian math” is really shorthand for a set of tactics employed by programs like the Russian School of Mathematics (RSM) in Plano, where Popel is the principal. While there is no one standard Russian math model, there are some features—like access learning— that make Russian math classrooms quite different from what American kids are accustomed to.

“It’s a completely different approach,” Popel says. “Russian math is about teaching students to work independently.”

Math education begins in pre-kindergarten and continues through 12th grade. There are no year-toyear benchmarks; students are on a continuous schedule that relies less on exams and more on classroom collaboration. At RSM, classes occur after school, and kids can launch their studies at any age pre-kindergarten or older. The Russian program has different levels in each grade, and the student can move from one level to another upon their achievement.

Russian math teachers employ online and in-class homework, though online is preferred. Online assignments allow students to give multiple attempts at a single

problem. Teachers are able to identify weak spots, and students receive more questions like the ones they missed.

In short: Russian math is not just about how to do math; it’s about why these operations are performed this way. “We push students to think, starting with small ideas and getting bigger,” Popel says.

That means introducing variables (like X and Y) and other bits of algebra earlier than in the typical math classroom too. Anastasia Morgan, a Grapevine mom, says her daughter uses variables in her classes at RSM. She’s in second grade; the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) doesn’t call for using variables until fourth grade.

The goal is to nurture students’ reasoning skills early on so they can easily adapt to new concepts. Russian math practitioners believe that it is understanding—not memorization— that leads to student success. The access learning technique, for example, fosters a dialogue between teacher and student that Popel believes leads to a higher level of understanding for everyone in the classroom.

PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

But Russian math also poses some challenges. The work is demanding, and it requires a substantial financial and time investment for both students and parents.

RSM parents do report practical results. After just one year of Russian math, Morgan’s daughter improved an entire grade level. “She’s now doing math at the fifth-grade level—as a second-grader,” Morgan reports. Popel believes in the program because she sees the results first-hand.

“There is nothing better than seeing a child solve a problem he or she thought was too hard,” she says. “We all work together until we get to that moment.”

“RUSSIAN MATH IS ABOUT TEACHING STUDENTS TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY.”

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TUITION-FREE, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

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Schooled

A numerical look at spending, sleep, lunches and more

COMPILED BY AMANDA

COLLINS BERNIER

LAST YEAR, AMERICANS SPENT close to $37 billion replenishing apparel and supplies for a new academic year—and that’s not the only big number when it comes to education. Here’s a look at some facts and figures relating to the school year in Texas and beyond.

$ 864

What the average family with children in elementary through high school spends on back-to-school supplies including electronics, clothes and shoes

26 MILLION

2

95%

The immunization rate for incoming kindergartners in Texas

9 TO 12

The hours of sleep the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends for school-age kids

The number of lunches Dallas ISD serves a year

30 MINUTES

The lunch period at schools in DFW

NEARLY

100,000

RANK OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING AMONG SEASONAL CONSUMER SPENDING IN THE U.S. (ONLY THE WINTER HOLIDAYS BRING IN MORE)

The number of North Texas students who received special education services during 2019-2020 school year

750,000

The estimated number of children in Texas who are homeschooled

25% THE AMOUNT OF TEXAS STUDENTS WHO RIDE THE SCHOOL BUS EVERY DAY

$10,400 THE AVERAGE PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION IN TEXAS

153,861

The number of students in Dallas ISD, the second largest district in the state

The Private School List

All the pertinent details to help narrow your search for the perfect fit

COMPILED BY DFWCHILD EDITORS

SMALLER CLASS SIZES, a religious affiliation or a unique approach to teaching and learning—there are many reasons why you might consider a private school for your child. Our annual list of private schools will help you sort through the many options in Dallas-Fort Worth so you can find the perfect fit.

COLLIN COUNTY

ALLEN

GUTHRIE SCHOOL, THE ** guthrieschool.com

Grades: Preschool–5

Total enrollment: 130

INSPIRED LEARNING ACADEMY • inspiredlearningacademy.org

Grades: 5–12

Total enrollment: 30

CARROLLTON PRINCE OF PEACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL & EARLY LEARNING CENTER popcs.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 650

DALLAS

SHELTON SCHOOL • shelton.org

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 1,062

FAIRVIEW

NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY •** ntpa.org/academy

Grades: 6–12

Total enrollment: 80

FRISCO

FRISCO MONTESSORI ACADEMY ** friscomontessori.com

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 183

GUIDEPOST MONTESSORI SCHOOL – STONEBRIAR guidepostmontessori.com

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 120

LUCAS

LUCAS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY • lucaschristianacademy.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 425

MCKINNEY

CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY •• ccawarriors.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 404

MCKINNEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY mckinneychristian.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 670

PLANO CONSERVATORY AT NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY, THE • ntpa.org/conservatory

Grades: 6–12

Total enrollment: 80

CORAM DEO ACADEMY, COLLIN COUNTY CAMPUS • cdalions.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 567

FAITH LUTHERAN SCHOOL flsplano.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 150

FUSION ACADEMY PLANO ••** fusionacademy.com

Grades: 6–12

Total enrollment: 90

GREAT LAKES ACADEMY • greatlakesacademy.com

Grades: 4–6

Total enrollment: 120

JOHN PAUL II HIGH SCHOOL johnpauliihs.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: 9–12

Total enrollment: 710

NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY explorenewhope.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–10

Total enrollment: 86

PEBBLECREEK MONTESSORI • pebblecreekmontessori.com

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 150

PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PLANO prestonwoodchristian.org

Religious affiliation: Baptist Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,747

PRINCE OF PEACE CATHOLIC SCHOOL popschool.net

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 770

SPRING CREEK ACADEMY • springcreekacademy.com

Grades: 2–12

Total enrollment: 130

ST. MARK CATHOLIC SCHOOL stmcs.net

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 510

ST. TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ••• staplano.org

Religious affiliation: Christian, Baptist Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 40

PROSPER

PRESTONWOOD

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY NORTH prestonwoodchristian.org

Religious affiliation: Baptist

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 560

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC SCHOOL smdpcatholic.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 285

RICHARDSON

NORTH DALLAS ADVENTIST ACADEMY ** ndaacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Adventist

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 225

WYLIE

WYLIE PREPARATORY ACADEMY ** wylieprep.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 315

DALLAS COUNTY

ADDISON  GREENHILL SCHOOL  greenhill.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,348

Challenging

TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY  trinitychristian.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,471

CARROLLTON

ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL, THE••• thestanthonyschool.com

Grades: 3–12

Total enrollment: 80

DALLAS

ACTON ACADEMY LAKEWOOD • actonlakewood.org

Grades: Pre-K–6

Total enrollment: 48

AKIBA YAVNEH ACADEMY  akibayavneh.org

Religious affiliation: Jewish

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 450

ALCUIN SCHOOL • alcuinschool.org

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 570

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL  allsaintsdallas.org/school

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 320

ANN & NATE LEVINE ACADEMY & WEINREB

FAMILY EARLY CHILDHOOD  levineacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Jewish

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 425

BISHOP DUNNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL  bdcs.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: 6–12

Total enrollment: 420

BISHOP LYNCH HIGH SCHOOL ** bishoplynch.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic  Grades: 9–12

Total enrollment: 1,003

CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOOL  calvarydallas.org/school

Religious affiliation: Lutheran  Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 101

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF DALLAS, THE  cambridgedallas.org

Religious affiliation: Christian  Grades: 5–12

Total enrollment: 107

CAMPBELL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY • campbellchristianacademy.com

Religious affiliation: Christian  Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 34

CHOICES LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ** choicesleadership.org

Grades: K–5

Total enrollment: 100

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC SCHOOL  cks.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic  Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 457

CORAM DEO ACADEMY, DALLAS CAMPUS • cdalions.org

Religious affiliation: Christian   Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 390

COVENANT SCHOOL, TH E covenantdallas.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 713

DALLAS ACADEMY • dallas-academy.com

Grades: 1–12

Total enrollment: 170

DALLAS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY • dallaschristianacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Adventist

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 116

DALLAS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL dallasinternationalschool.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 625

DALLAS LUTHERAN SCHOOL ** dallaslutheranschool.com

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Grades: 7–12

Total enrollment: 161

EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS, THE • esdallas.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 1,172

FAIRHILL SCHOOL • fairhill.org

Grades: 1–12

Total enrollment: 130

FIRST BAPTIST ACADEMY ** fbacademy.com

Religious affiliation: Baptist  Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 385

FUSION ACADEMY DALLAS••** fusionacademy.com

Grades: 6–12

Total enrollment: 90

GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS german-isd.com

Grades: Preschool–5

Total enrollment: 113

GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL SCHOOL  gsesdallas.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 585

GRACE ACADEMY OF DALLAS graceacademy.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 215

HIGHLANDER SCHOOL ** highlanderschool.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 125

HILLIER SCHOOL, THE** hillierschool.org

Religious affiliation: Presbyterian

Grades: 1–8

Total enrollment: 37

HOCKADAY SCHOOL, THE hockaday.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,112

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** htcsdallas.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 135

JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF DALLAS  jesuitdallas.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic  Grades: 9–12

Total enrollment: 1,141

KESSLER SCHOOL, THE thekesslerschool.com

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 130

KINGDOM COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES  kcacademies.org

Religious affiliation: Christian  Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 527

LAKEHILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL  lakehillprep.org

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 418

LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL, THE thelamplighterschool.org

Grades: Pre-K–4

Total enrollment: 470

MOUNT ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL • msmcatholic.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic  Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 140

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY** newlifechristianacademy.net

Religious affiliation: Baptist  Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 33

NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS•• notredameschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 150

OAK HILL ACADEMY•••** oakhillacademy.org

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 135

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC SCHOOL• olphschooldallas.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 156

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN SCHOOL  ordallas.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 235

PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL parish.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Grades: Pre-K

Total enrollment: 1,180

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL • phps.org

Religious affiliation: Presbyterian

Grades: K–6

Total enrollment: 136

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS• pcstx.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 450

SANTA CLARA OF ASSISI CATHOLIC ACADEMY  santaclaraacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 123

SCOFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL scofieldchristianschool.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–6

Total enrollment: 291

SOUTHWEST ADVENTIST JUNIOR ACADEMY ** swaja.org

Religious affiliation: Adventist

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 28

ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** stbernardccs.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 150

ST. CECILIA SCHOOL ** stceciliacatholic.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 167

ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL  saintspride.com

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 194

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL  stjohnsschool.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 500

ST. MARK’S SCHOOL OF TEXAS• smtexas.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Grades: 1–12

Total enrollment: 911

ST. MARY OF CARMEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL  smcschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 165

ST. MONICA CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** stmonicaschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 765

ST. PHILIP & ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC ACADEMY ** spsacatholic.org

Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 311

ST. PHILIP’S SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CENTER  stphilips1600.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 264

ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** spxdallasschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 173

ST. RITA CATHOLIC SCHOOL • strita.net

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 780

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** staschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 866

ST. TIMOTHY SCHOOL, THE• thesainttimothyschool.org

Religious affiliation: Anglican

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 51

TORAH DAY SCHOOL OF DALLAS** tdsd.org

Religious affiliation: Orthodox Jewish

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 405

URSULINE ACADEMY OF DALLAS ursulinedallas.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: 9–12

Total enrollment: 860+

VANGUARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL•• vanguardprepschool.com

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 115

WESLEY PREP wesleyprep.org

Religious affiliation: Methodist  Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 434

WESTWOOD SCHOOL, THE• westwoodschool.org

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 300

WHITE ROCK MONTESSORI  whiterockmontessori.org

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 175

WHITE ROCK NORTH SCHOOL  whiterocknorthschool.com

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 180

WINSTON SCHOOL, THE • winston-school.org

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 150

ZION LUTHERAN SCHOOL  zlsdallas.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran  Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 270

DESOTO

DESOTO PRIVATE SCHOOL desotoprivate.org

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 300

FARMERS BRANCH

MARY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC SCHOOL  mischool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic  Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 438

GARLAND

BRIGHTER HORIZONS ACADEMY** bhaprep.org

Religious affiliation: Islamic  Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 800

FIREWHEEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY  firewheelca.org

Religious affiliation: Assemblies of God, Christian  Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 175

GARLAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY  garlandchristian.com

Religious affiliation: Baptist

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 325

GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC SCHOOL  goodshepherdcatholicschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 220

GRAND PRAIRIE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL  school.icgrandprairie.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 140

IRVING CISTERCIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL•** cistercian.org/school

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: 5–12

Total enrollment: 357

HIGHLANDS SCHOOL, THE thehighlandsschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 352

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC ACADEMY  hfca-irving.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 135

HUMANIST ACADEMY, THE• thehumanistacademy.org

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 80

ISLAMIC SCHOOL OF IRVING• islamicschoolofirving.org

Religious affiliation: Islamic

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 854

REDEEMER MONTESSORI SCHOOL•• redeemermontessori.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 165

SLOAN SCHOOL, THE  thesloanschool.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–5

Total enrollment: 125

ST. FRANCIS MONTESSORI• stfrancisirving.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 141

STONEGATE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY  sgca.net

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 100

MESQUITE

DALLAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ** dallaschristian.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 500

RICHARDSON

BRIDGE BUILDER ACADEMY•••• bridgebuilderacademy.com

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 40

IANT QURANIC ACADEMY ** myiqa.org

Religious affiliation: Islamic

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 200

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL  sjcstx.net

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 290

ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CLASSICAL SCHOOL  spsdfw.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 131

DENTON COUNTY

ARGYLE

LIBERTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL libertychristian.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 1,245

SELWYN SCHOOL selwynschool.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 120

DENTON DENTON CALVARY ACADEMY • dentoncalvary.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 260

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** catholicschooldewnton.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 175

KOAN SCHOOL• koanschool.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 100

FLOWER MOUND

CORAM DEO ACADEMY, FLOWER MOUND CAMPUS• cdalions.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 760

GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY gcapatriots.org

Religious affiliation: Baptist Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 99

TEMPLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY templechristian.com

Religious affiliation: Baptist Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 115

FRISCO

ACTON ACADEMY FRISCO•• actonacademyfrisco.com

Grades: Pre-K–5

Total enrollment: 19

LEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY legacyca.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,305

STARWOOD ACADEMY OF FRISCO• starwoodschools.com

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 318

LEWISVILLE

CORAM DEO ACADEMY       coramdeoacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,700

EXPLORATIONS PREPARATORY SCHOOL         explorationsprep.org

Grades: Pre-K–7

Total enrollment: 70

LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY lakelandchristian.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–10

Total enrollment: 270

ROANOKE

E.A. YOUNG ACADEMY•• eayoungacademy.com

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 95

TARRANT COUNTY

ARLINGTON

BURTON ADVENTIST ACADEMY ** burtonacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Adventist

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 265

CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY•** childrensuniversity.com

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 200

GRACE PREPARATORY ACADEMY• graceprep.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 506

GREEN OAKS SCHOOL • greenoaksinc.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 34

MERRYHILL SCHOOL ** merryhillschool.com

Grades: Preschool–7

Total enrollment: 253

MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF ARLINGTON, THE• tmaonline.org

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 192

NORTHSTAR SCHOOL • northstarschool.net

Grades: 7–12

Total enrollment: 34

OAKRIDGE SCHOOL, THE • theoakridgeschool.org

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 700

PANTEGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY• pantego.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 615

PARK ROW CHRISTIAN ACADEMY parkrowchristian.net

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 270

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ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL stjosephtx.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 321

ST. MARIA GORETTI CATHOLIC SCHOOL smgschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 176

ST. PAUL’S PREPARATORY ACADEMY stpaulsprep.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 262

AZLE

AZLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ** azlechristianschool.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 177

BEDFORD

MIDCITIES MONTESSORI• midcitiesmontessori.com

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 42

BURLESON

HOLY CROSS

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY hccaburleson.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–9

Total enrollment: 240

COLLEYVILLE

COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY covenantchristian.net

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 600

CROWN OF LIFE LUTHERAN SCHOOL colschool.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 150

INSPIRE ACADEMY•• inspireacademytx.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 100

WAYPOINT MONTESSORI• waypointmontessori.org

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 125

CROWLEY

NAZARENE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

nazarenechristianacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 255

DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS

FLINT ACADEMY• flintacademy.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 106

FORT WORTH

ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL aseschool.org

Religious affiliation: Episcopal Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 1,190

ALLIANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY & LITTLE SPROUTS PRESCHOO L• acaknights.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 160

ANDERSON PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED, TALENTED & CREATIVE••** andersonschool.net

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 21

BETHESDA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL bethesdachristianschool.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 550

CALVARY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY **

cca-tx.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 333

CASSATA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL•• cassatahs.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: 9–12

Total enrollment: 90

CHRISTIAN COTTAGE PREP ••• christiancottageprep.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 50

COVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOL covenantfw.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 470

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY• crossroadsftworth.org

Grades: 7–12

Total enrollment: 52

FORT WORTH ACADEMY fwacademy.org

Grades: K–8

Total enrollment: 183

FORT WORTH ADVENTIST JUNIOR ACADEMY

fwaja.org

Religious affiliation: Seventh Day Adventist

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 58

FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY fwcd.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,089

HILL SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH• hillschool.org

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 120

HOLY FAMILY

CATHOLIC SCHOOL ** hfcsfw.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 108

JANE JUSTIN SCHOOL••• childstudycenter.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 85

KEY SCHOOL• kcld.org

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 100

LAKE COUNTRY

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL•** lccs.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 485

MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH msftw.org

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 200

MOSAIC ACADEMY• mosaicacademy.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 80

NOLAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL nolancatholic.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic, Christian Grades: 9–12

Total enrollment: 694

SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL southwestchristian.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 981

ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC SCHOOL  standrewsch.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 630

ST. GEORGE CATHOLIC SCHOOL stgeorgecatholicschool.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 115

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL stpauleagles.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 192

ST. PETER’S CLASSICAL SCHOOL ** stpetersclassical.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Orthodox Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 96

ST. RITA CATHOLIC SCHOOL saintritaschool.net

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 135

TEMPLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL• tcseagles.org

Religious affiliation: Baptist

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 400

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY STARPOINT SCHOOL• starpoint.tcu.edu

Religious affiliation: Disciples of Christ

Grades: 1–6

Total enrollment: 60

TRINITY BAPTIST TEMPLE ACADEMY ** tbta.tbtchurch.org

Religious affiliation: Baptist

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 140

TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL tvs.org

Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 1,002

GRANBURY

GRACE CLASSICAL

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY graceclassical.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 105

GRAPEVINE GRAPEVINE FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL grapevinefaith.com

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Pre-K–12

Total enrollment: 873

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL holytcs.org

Religious affiliation: Catholic Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 285

NOVUS ACADEMY, THE••• thenovusacademy.org

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 43

SOUTHLAKE MONTESSORI• southlakemontessori.org

Grades: Preschool–6

Total enrollment: 34

HASLET

LEGACY CLASSICAL

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY• legacyclassical.org

Religious affiliation: Christian Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 108

KELLER

DFW PERFORMING ARTS CONSERVATORY• dfwpac.com

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: 4–12

Total enrollment: 25

HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY hcasaints.org

Religious affiliation: Baptist, Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 425

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CLASSICAL ACADEMY mlcatexas.org

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Grades: Preschool–8

Total enrollment: 90

ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL seton.school

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Grades: Pre-K–8

Total enrollment: 586

TRINITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY• trinityprepkeller.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: K–12

Total enrollment: 375

KENNEDALE

FELLOWSHIP ACADEMY fellowship-academy.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 380

MANSFIELD SCHOOL OF LEXIA• schooloflexia.org

Grades: 1–7

Total enrollment: 34

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS

FORT WORTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL** fwc.org

Religious affiliation: Christian

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 600

SOUTHLAKE

CLARIDEN SCHOOL, THE claridenschool.org

Grades: Preschool–12

Total enrollment: 150

FUSION ACADEMY SOUTHLAKE••** fusionacademy.com

Grades: 6–12

Total enrollment: 85

BURLESON

817/245-1000; burlesonisd.net

CARROLL

817/949-8222; southlakecarroll.edu

CARROLLTON-FARMERS

BRANCH

972/968-6100; cfbisd.edu

CASTLEBERRY

817/252-2000; castleberryisd.net

CEDAR HILL

972/291-1581; chisd.net

CELINA

469/742-9100; celinaisd.com

COPPELL

214/496-6000; coppellisd.com

CROWLEY 817/297-5800; crowleyisdtx.org

DALLAS 972/925-3700; dallasisd.org

DENTON

940/369-0000; dentonisd.org

DESOTO

972/223-6666; desotoisd.org

DUNCANVILLE

972/708-2000; duncanvilleisd.org

EAGLE MOUNTAIN-SAGINAW 817/232-0880; emsisd.com

EVERMAN

817/568-3500; eisd.org

FORT WORTH

817/814-2000; fwisd.org

FRISCO

469/633-6000; friscoisd.org

GARLAND

972/494-8201; garlandisd.net

GRAND PRAIRIE

972/237-4000; gpisd.org

GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE

817/21-5200; gcisd.net

HIGHLAND PARK 214/780-3000; hpisd.org

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD 817/283-4461; hebisd.edu

IRVING

972/600-5000; irvingisd.net

KELLER 817/744-1000; kellerisd.net

KENNEDALE

817/563-8000; kennedaleisd.net

KRUM 940/482-6000; krumisd.net

LAKE DALLAS

940/497-4039; ldisd.net

LAKE WORTH 817/306-4200; lwisd.org

LANCASTER 972/218-1400; lancasterisd.org

LEWISVILLE 972/350-9500; lisd.net

LITTLE ELM 972/947-9340; littleelmisd.net

LOVEJOY 469/742-8000; lovejoyisd.net

MANSFIELD 817/299-6300; mansfieldisd.org

MCKINNEY

469/302-4000; mckinneyisd.net

MELISSA 972/837-2411; melissaisd.org

MESQUITE 972/288-6411; mesquiteisd.org

NORTHWEST 817/215-0170; nisdtx.org

PILOT POINT 940/686-8700; pilotpointisd.com

PLANO 469/752-8100; pisd.edu

PONDER 940/479-8200; ponderisd.net

PROSPER 469/219-2000; prosper-isd.net

RICHARDSON 469/593-0000; risd.org

ROCKWALL 972/771-0605; rockwallisd.com

SANGER 940/458-7438; sangerisd.net

SUNNYVALE 972/226-5974; sunnyvaleisd.com

WEATHERFORD 817/598-2800; weatherfordisd.com

WHITE SETTLEMENT 817/367-1300; wsisd.com

WYLIE 972/429-3000; wylieisd.net

Public Charter Schools

There are more options than ever

COMPILED BY DFWCHILD EDITORS

CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY IN TEXAS. These tuition-free public schools are autonomous from public school districts but are overseen by the Texas Education Agency. Use this list to see the options in DFW.

A+ ACADEMY apluscharterschools.org

Dallas, 214/275-1200

ACADEMY OF DALLAS academyofdallas.com

Dallas, 214/944-5544

ADVANTAGE ACADEMY advantageacademy.org

Multiple campuses, 214/276-5800

ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY acaedu.net

Multiple campuses, 817/987-1819

AW BROWN FELLOWSHIP LEADERSHIP ACADEMY awbrown.org

Dallas, 972/709-4700

BASIS CHARTER SCHOOL basisedtx.com

Multiple campuses, 817/662-7080

BRIDGEWAY PREPARATORY ACADEMY bridgewaypreparatory.org

Farmers Branch, 214/257-8883

CHAPEL HILL ACADEMY chapelhillacademy.org

Fort Worth, 817/289-0242

CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS cityscapeschools.org

Multiple campuses, 214/545-6554

EAST FORT WORTH MONTESSORI ACADEMY efwma.org

Fort Worth, 817/496-3003

EVOLUTION ACADEMY evolutionacademy.org

Multiple campuses, 972/907-3755

FAITH FAMILY ACADEMY faithfamilyacademy.org

Multiple campuses, 214/375-7682

FORT WORTH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS artsacademics.org

Fort Worth, 817/924-1482

FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY foundersclassical.org

Multiple campuses, 972/316-3663

FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF AUTISM foundationplano.com

Plano, 972/696-0505

GATEWAY CHARTER ACADEMY gatewaycharter.org Dallas, 214/375-1921

GOLDEN RULE CHARTER SCHOOLS goldenruledallas.org

Multiple campuses, 214/333-9330

GREAT HEARTS ACADEMY greatheartsamerica.org

Multiple campuses, 210/888-9475

HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS harmonytx.org

Multiple campuses, 214/570-1606

HIGH POINT ACADEMY thehighpointdifference.com

Multiple campuses, 817/600-6401

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ideapublicschools.org

Multiple campuses, 817/885-4200

IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ignitecommunityschools.com

Multiple campuses, 972/316-3663

IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS imaginenorthtexas.org

McKinney, 214/491-1500

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS iltexas.org

Multiple campuses, 972/479-9078

ISCHOOL OF LEWISVILLE ischoollewisville.com

Lewisville, 972/829-4492

KIPP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS kipp.org

Multiple campuses

LEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL lpsfrisco.com

Multiple campuses, 972/370-3650

LEGACY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY legacypreparatory.com

Multiple campuses, 469/249-1099

LIFE SCHOOL lifeschool.net

Multiple campuses, 469/850-5433

MANARA ACADEMY manaraacdemy.org

Multiple campuses, 972/304-1155

NEWM AN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY newmanacademy.org

Multiple campuses, 682/207-5175

NORTH T EXAS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY ntxca.org

Multiple campuses, 940/383-6655

PEGASUS SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES pegasuscharter.org

Dallas, 214/749-5677

PIONEER TECHNOLOGY ptaaschool.org

Multiple campuses, 469/405-8967

RESPONSIVE EDUCATION responsiveed.com

Multiple campuses, 972/316-3663

ROCKETSHIP DENNIS

DUNKINS ELEMENTARY rocketshipschools.org

Fort Worth, 682/339-1300 ST. ANTHONY ACADEMY stanthonydallas.org

Dallas, 214/421-3645

TEXAS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS artsacademics.org

Edgecliff Village, 817/732-8372

TREETOPS SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL treetops.org

Euless, 817/283-1771

TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY trinitybasin.com

Multiple campuses, 214/946-9100

TRIVIUM ACADEMY triviumacademytx.com

Carrollton, 469/854-9007

UNITED METHOD OF EDUCATION umeprep.org

Multiple campuses, 214/445-6243

UNIVERSAL ACADEMY universalacademy.com

Multiple campuses, 972/255-1800

UPLIFT EDUCATION uplifteducation.org

Multiple campuses, 469/621-8500

VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLS villagetechschools.org

Duncanville, 469/454-4441

WESTLAKE ACADEMY westlakeacademy.org

Westlake, 817/490-5757

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

COLLIN COUNTY

ISD1 – Allen ISD

ISD2 – Celina ISD

ISD3 – Frisco ISD

ISD4 – Lovejoy ISD

ISD5 – McKinney ISD

ISD6 – Plano ISD

ISD7 – Prosper ISD

ISD8 – Wylie ISD

DALLAS COUNTY

ISD9 – Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD

ISD10 – Cedar Hill ISD

ISD11 – Coppell ISD

ISD12 – Dallas ISD

ISD13 – DeSoto ISD

ISD14 – Duncanville ISD

ISD15 – Garland ISD

ISD16 – Grand Prairie ISD

ISD17 – Highland Park ISD

ISD18 – Irving ISD

ISD19 – Lancaster ISD

ISD20 – Mesquite ISD

ISD21 – Richardson ISD

DENTON COUNTY

ISD22 – Argyle ISD

ISD23 – Aubrey ISD

ISD24 – Denton ISD

ISD25 – Krum ISD

ISD26 – Lake Dallas ISD

ISD27 – Lewisville ISD

ISD28 – Little Elm ISD

ISD29 – Northwest ISD

ISD30 – Ponder ISD

PARKER COUNTY

ISD31 – Aledo ISD

ISD32 – Weatherford ISD

ROCKWALL COUNTY

ISD33 – Rockwall ISD

TARRANT COUNTY

ISD34 – Arlington ISD

ISD35 – Azle ISD

ISD36 – Birdville ISD

ISD37 – Burleson ISD

ISD38 – Carroll ISD

ISD39 – Castleberry ISD

ISD40 – Crowley ISD

ISD41 – Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD

ISD42 – Everman ISD

ISD43 – Fort Worth ISD

ISD44 – Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

ISD45 – Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD

ISD46 – Keller ISD

ISD47 – Kennedale ISD

ISD48 – Lake Worth ISD

ISD49 – Mansfield ISD

ISD50 – White

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Locations around the DFW area.