2012-2013 Dallas area Charter schools- Pass/Fail Ratings

Texas has a new rating system for its public schools that is essentially Pass/Fail. Most schools passed. The bar was set low. Schools were either rated "met standard" which is the Pass or "improvement required" which is the Fail. In Texas, 80% of charter schools passed.

The new rating system is based on four criteria: (1) student achievement on STARR tests; (2) academic gains over time; (3) college readiness; and (4) closing the race-based and income-based gaps. The bar was set low because passing standards were low. For example, 56% was considered a passing grade on the 5th grade reading test and a 39% was considered passing on the 8th grade math test. The passing standards will go up over time.

DFW area Charter Schools that Failed

School (location)

Children First (Dallas)
Clay Academy (Dallas)
Dallas Can Academy (Dallas, Ross Ave.)
Education Center (Denton)
Education Center (Little Elm)
Faith Family Academy of Oak Cliff elementary (Dallas)
Golden Rule - Sunnyside (Cockrell Hill)
Inspired Vision Academy middle school (Dallas)
Legacy Prep (Dallas)
Legacy Prep (Mesquite)
Legacy Prep (Richardson)

North Texas Elementary School of the Arts (Ft. Worth)
Pinnacle Academy of Fine Arts (Ft. Worth)
Prime Prep Academy - better known as the Deion Sanders school (Dallas)
Prime Prep Academy (Ft. Worth)
Shekinah Radiance Academy (Dallas)
Shekinah Radiance Academy (Garland)
Texas Virtual Academy (Lewisville)
Uplift Mighty Prep (Ft. Worth)
Uplift Williams Prep middle school (Dallas)
Vista Academy (Desoto)
Vista Academy (North Garland)
Zoe Learning Academy - Ambassador Campus (Ft. Worth)

DFW area Charter Schools that Passed

A+ Academy (Dallas)
Academy of Dallas (Dallas)
Advantage Academy (Dallas)
Alpha (Garland)
Arlington Classics Academy intermediate (Arlington)
Arlington Classics Academy middle (Arlington)
Branch Park Academy (Farmers Branch)
Chapel Hill (Ft. Worth)

Dallas Can Academy (Carrollton-Farmers Branch)
Dallas Can Academy (Oak Cliff)
Dallas Can Academy (Pleasant Grove)

East Ft. Worth Montessori (Ft. Worth)

Education Center International Academy (Rowlett)
Education Center International Academy (Sunnyvale)
Education Center (Aubrey)
Education Center (Lewisville)

Evolution Academy (Richardson)
Faith Family Academy of Oak Cliff high school (Dallas)
Faith Family Academy of Oak Cliff middle (Dallas)
Focus Learning Academy (Dallas)

Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (Ft. Worth)
Fort Worth Can Academy (Ft. Worth)
Fort Worth Can Academy (River Oaks)

Founders Classical Academy (Lewisville)
Gateway elementary (Dallas)
Gateway middle & high school (Dallas)
Golden Rule (Dallas)
Golden Rule (Desoto)

Harmony School of Business (Dallas)
Harmony School of Innovation (Dallas)
Harmony School of Innovation (Ft. Worth)
Harmony School of Nature and Athletics (Dallas)
Harmony Science Academy (Dallas)
Harmony Science Academy (Euless)
Harmony Science Academy (Ft. Worth)
Harmony Science Academy (Garland)
Harmony Science Academy (Grand Prairie)

Imagine International Academy (McKinney)
Inspired Vision Academy elementary (Dallas)
iSchool High (Flower Mound)
Jean Massieu Academy (Arlington)
KIPP Truth (Dallas)
La Academia de Estrellas (Dallas)
Leadership Prep (Frisco)

Life School (Cedar Hill)
Life School (Oak Cliff)
Life School (Lancaster)
Life School (Red Oak)

Lindsley Park Community School (Dallas)
Media Arts Academy (Lewisville)
Manara Academy (Irving)
Newman International Academy (Arlington)

Nova Academy - Pritchard (Dallas)
Nova Academy - Scyene (Dallas)
Nova Academy - Bruton (Southeast) - (Dallas)

Olive Tree Montessori (Arlington)
Pegasus School of Liberal Arts & Sciences (Dallas)

Premier High School of Ft. Worth (Ft. Worth)
Premier High School of Irving South (Irving)
Premier High School of Irving West (Irving)
Premier High School of Richardson (Richardson)

Reconciliation Academy (Dallas)
Richard Milburn Academy (Ft. Worth)
Richland Collegiate (Dallas)

Quest middle school (Coppell)
Quest middle school (Lewisville)
Quest Academy (Irving)

St. Anthony elementary (Dallas)
St. Anthony middle (Dallas)
Treetops School International (Euless)
Trinity Basin Prep (Dallas)
UME Prep (Grand Prairie)
Universal Academy (Flower Mound)
Universal Academy (Irving)

Uplift Hampton Prep high (Dallas)
Uplift Hampton Prep middle (Dallas)
Uplift Hampton Prep primary (Dallas)
Uplift Heights Prep middle (Dallas)
Uplift Infinity Prep (Irving)
Uplift Luna Prep (Dallas)
Uplift Luna Prep primary (Dallas)
Uplift North Hills Prep elementary (Irving)
Uplift North Hills Prep high school (Irving)
Uplift North Hills Prep middle (Irving)

Uplift Peak Prep high (Dallas)
Uplift Peak Prep middle (Dallas)
Uplift Peak Prep primary (Dallas)
Uplift Summit International middle (Arlington)
Uplift Summit International primary (Arlington)
Uplift Summit International high (Arlington)
Uplift Williams Prep high (Dallas)
Uplift Williams Prep primary (Dallas)

Vista Academy (Carrollton)
Vista Academy (Coppell)
Vista Academy (Dallas)
Vista Academy (Garland)
Vista Academy (Hickory Creek)

Westlake Academy (Westlake)
Wilmer Academy (Wilmer)

Winfree Academy (Denton)
Winfree Academy (Grand Prairie)
Winfree Academy (Irving)
Winfree Academy (Lewisville)
Winfree Academy (North Richland Hills)
Winfree Academy (Richardson)

Source: 8-18-2013 edition of The Dallas Morning News, as well as the 8-9-13 edition

2012-2013 New Pass/Fail Rating System - Schools that Failed in DFW area

After two years of Texas schools not being rated, the Texas Education Agency released a new ratings system that is essentially Pass/Fail. Schools were either rated as (1) met standard or (2) improvement needed. The vast majority of the schools in Texas received a "met standard" rating. Below is a list of schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that Failed and one district who Failed overall.

Failing District:
Duncanville ISD


Failing Campuses:

Arlington ISD
Turning Point High
Speer Elementary
Thornton Elementary
Ellis Elementary

Cedar Hill ISD
9th Grade Center
Bray Elementary

Dallas ISD
Pinkston High
Roosevelt High
Samuell High
Wilmer-Hutchins High
Patton Academic Center High
Browne Middle
Dade Middle
Zumwalt middle
Edison Middle
Manns Education Center Middle
Bayles Elementary
Blanton Elementary
Budd Elementary
Carpenter Elementary
Carr Elementary
Carver Creative Arts Elementary
Dunbar Learning Center Elementary
Earhart Elementary
Ervin Elementary
Gooch Elementary
Hogg Elementary
Mills Elementary
Moseley Elementary
Oliver Elementary
Pease Elementary
Stevens Park Elementary
Titche Elementary
Cochran Elementary
Young Elementary
Hernandez Elementary
Pleasant Grove Elementary
Kahn Elementary
Cuellar Elementary
Highland Meadows Elementary

Desoto ISD
Freshman Center
Amber Terrace Elementary

Duncanville ISD
Duncanville High
Central Elementary
Merrifield Elementary
Alexander Elementary

Ft. Worth ISD
Dunbar High
Center for New Lives High
Wedgwood 6th Grade Center
Handley Middle
Morningstar Middle
Dunbar Middle
Glencrest 6th Grade Center
West Handley Elementary
De Zavala Elementary
Dillow Elementary
Logan Elementary
Eastern Hills Elementary
Moss Elementary
White Elementary
Greenbriar Elementary
Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary
Kirkpatrick Elementary
Oaklawn Elementary
Pate Elementary
Walton Elementary
Sunrise-Mcmillan Elementary
Western Hills Elementary
McDonald Elementary
Sims Elementary
Woodway Elementary
Western Hills Primary Elementary
Jo Kelly Sp Ed Elementary
Boulevard Heights Elementary

Garland ISD
Handley Elementary
Coop Behavioral Center

Grand Prairie ISD
Travis Elementary
Hobbs Williams Elementary
Lee Elementary

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Timberline Elementary

Irving ISD
Nimitz High
Keyes Elementary
Schulze Elementary
Pierce Early Childhood
Wheeler Transitional

Lancaster ISD
Carver 6th Grade Center
Houston Elementary
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary

Lewisville ISD
College Street Elementary



Districts where all schools in the district "met standard":
Allen ISD
Carroll ISD
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
Celina ISD
Coppell ISD
Denton ISD
Frisco ISD
Highland Park ISD
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
Little Elm ISD
Lovejoy ISD
Mansfield ISD
McKinney ISD
Mesquite ISD
Plano ISD
Prosper ISD
Richardson ISD
Rockwall ISD
Sunnyvale ISD
Wylie ISD

Source: The Dallas Morning News, August 9, 2013 edition

2012 School District Demographics - Dallas-Fort Worth area

On July 19, 2013, the Texas Education Agency released its 2012 Snapshot: School District Profiles which lists characteristics of school districts in Texas, including demographics. This information is from the 2011-2012 school year.

"Poor" is defined as participating in the school free or reduced lunch program.

Academy of Dallas (charter)
80% - African American
18% - Hispanic
1% - White
78.6% - Poor

Advantage Academy (charter)
20% - African American
44% - Hispanic
31% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
64.4% - Poor

Allen ISD
10% - African American
13% - Hispanic
58% - White
1% - American Indian
14% - Asian
4% - Two or more races
16.7% - Poor

Anna ISD
6% - African American
27% - Hispanic
62% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
44.1% - Poor

Argyle ISD
8% - Hispanic
89% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
12% - Poor

Arlington ISD
23% - African American
43% - Hispanic
25% - White
7% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
65.4% - Poor

Carroll ISD
2% - African American
7% - Hispanic
79% - White
1% - American Indian
8% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
2% - Poor

Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
16% - African American
53% - Hispanic
19% - White
11% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
62.3% - Poor

Cedar Hill ISD
64% - African American
23% - Hispanic
8% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
63.8% - Poor

Celina ISD
3% - African American
26% - Hispanic
66% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
31% - Poor

Children First Academy of Dallas (charter)
96% - African American
2% - Hispanic
1% - White
1% - Two or more races
98.9% - Poor

Coppell ISD
5% - African American
13% - Hispanic
50% - White
29% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
10.3% - Poor

Corsicana ISD
19% - African American
46% - Hispanic
30% - White
1% - Asian
2% - Pacific Islander
2% - Two or more races
74.7% - Poor

Crandall ISD
10% - African-American
19% - Hispanic
69% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
39.9% - Poor

Dallas ISD
24% - African American
69% - Hispanic
5% - White
1% - Asian
1% - Two more races
86.1% - Poor

Dallas Can Academy (charter)
39% - African American
58% - Hispanic
3% - White
96% - Poor

Dallas Community Charter School
2% - African American
70% - Hispanic
23% - White
2% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
61.8% - Poor

Denton ISD
12% - African American
31% - Hispanic
52% -White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
43.2% - Poor

Desoto ISD
78% - African American
16% - Hispanic
4% - White
1% - Two or more races
68.6% - Poor

Duncanville ISD
41% - African American
48% - Hispanic
7% - White
1% - American Indian
2% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
74.7% - Poor

Ennis ISD
11% - African American
54% - Hispanic
33% - White
1% - Two or more races
65.7% - Poor

Evolution Academy (charter)
40% - African American
46% - Hispanic
11% - White
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
57.8% - Poor

Faith Family Oak Cliff (charter)
40% - African American
51% - Hispanic
9% - White
93.7% - Poor

Faith Family Waxahachie (charter)
25% - African American
27% - Hispanic
45% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Two or more races
67.4% - Poor

Ferris ISD
8% - African American
66% - Hispanic
25% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Two or more races
80.3% - Poor

Forney ISD
11% - African American
22% - Hispanic
62% - White
1% - American Indian
2% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
27.9% - Poor

Fort Worth ISD
23% - African American
60% - Hispanic
14% - White
2% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
77.5% - Poor

Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (charter)
12% - African American
15% - Hispanic
68% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Pacific Islander
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
11.7% - Poor

Fort Worth Can Academy (charter)
30% - African American
60% - Hispanic
8% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
89.4% - Poor

Frisco ISD
11% - African American
15% - Hispanic
58% - White
1% - American Indian
13% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
12.3% - Poor

Garland ISD
17% - African American
49% - Hispanic
23% - White
1% - American Indian
8% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
60.6% - Poor

Gateway (charter)
96% - African American
3% - Hispanic
1% - White
89.9% - Poor

Grand Prairie ISD
17% - African American
63% - Hispanic
14% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
72.6% - Poor

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
4% - African American
21% - Hispanic
63% - White
1% - American Indian
8% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
21.7% - Poor

Gunter ISD
21% - Hispanic
74% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Two or more races
33.5% - Poor

Harmony Science Academy Ft Worth (charter)
23% - African American
33% - Hispanic
26% - White
16% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
46.4% - Poor

Highland Park ISD
5% - Hispanic
90% - White
4% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
No Poor

Hurst Euless Bedford ISD
16% - African American
28% - Hispanic
44% - White
1% - American Indian
7% - Asian
2% - Pacific Islander
2% - Two or more races
52% - Poor

Irving ISD
13% - African American
71% - Hispanic
11% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
81.7% - Poor

Keller ISD
8% - African American
19% - Hispanic
62% - White
1% - American Indian
8% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
21.7% - Poor

Lake Dallas ISD
6% - African American
24% - Hispanic
62% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
4% - Two or more races
35.4% - Poor

Lancaster ISD
76% - African American
19% - Hispanic
3% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Two or more races
78.7% - Poor

Lewisville ISD
9% - African American
26% - Hispanic
51% - White
11% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
27.9% - Poor

Life School (charter)
48% - African American
27% - Hispanic
21% - White
1% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
51.6% - Poor

Little Elm ISD
15% - African American
39% - Hispanic
41% - White
2% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
45.9% - Poor

Lovejoy ISD
2% - African American
8% - Hispanic
82% - White
1% - American Indian
4% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
2.4% - Poor

Mansfield ISD
26% - African American
24% - Hispanic
40% - White
1% - American Indian
6% - Asian
4% - Two or more races
37.3% - Poor

McKinney ISD
12% - African American
26% - Hispanic
55% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
29% - Poor

Melissa ISD
6% - African American
17% - Hispanic
73% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
23.8% - Poor

Mesquite ISD
25% - African American
50% - Hispanic
21% - White
1% - American Indian
2% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
68.3% - Poor

Midlothian ISD
5% - African American
20% - Hispanic
72% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
25.6% - Poor

North Hills (Uplift charter)
7% - African American
22% - Hispanic
19% - White
50% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
14.4% - Poor

Peak Prep (Uplift Charter)
9% - African American
85% - Hispanic
4% - White
1% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
89.6% - Poor

Pegasus School of Liberal Arts (charter)
27% - African American
69% - Hispanic
3% - White
1% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
75.1% - Poor

Plano ISD
11% - African American
22% - Hispanic
43% - White
21% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
25.9% - Poor

Princeton ISD
6% - African American
37% - Hispanic
53% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
59.3% - Poor

Prosper ISD
8% - African American
14% - Hispanic
71% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
13.2% - Poor

Red Oak ISD
16% - African American
30% - Hispanic
50% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
42.1% - Poor

Richardson ISD
23% - African American
39% - Hispanic
28% - White
7% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
57.1% - Poor

Rockwall ISD
6% - African American
21% - Hispanic
66% - White
1% - American Indian
3% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
25.3% - Poor

Royse City ISD
6% - African American
29% - Hispanic
62% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
40.4% - Poor

Sunnyvale ISD
6% - African American
11% - Hispanic
55% - White
25% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
11.2% - Poor

Terrell ISD
25% - African American
41% - Hispanic
31% - White
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
75.8% - Poor

Universal Academy (charter)
23% - African American
32% - Hispanic
2% - White
41% - Asian
1% - Two or more races
44.9% - Poor

Waxahachie ISD
12% - African American
34% - Hispanic
51% - White
1% - American Indian
1% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
52% - Poor

Westlake Academy (charter)
5% - African American
12% - Hispanic
70% - White
1% - American Indian
10% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
No Poor

Winfree Academy (charter)
14% - African American
31% - Hispanic
49% - White
1% - American Indian
2% - Asian
3% - Two or more races
56.2% - Poor

Wylie ISD
14% - African American
21% - Hispanic
55% - White
1% - American Indian
7% - Asian
2% - Two or more races
27.5% - Poor