Alternative/PRU High Open

Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove

๐Ÿ“ 1227 N Masters Dr, Dallas, Dallas County, 75217

436
Pupils
19.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Dallas, Dallas County. The school has 436 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tina Shaw. It is part of the Texans Can Academies school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Tina Shaw
School district
Texans Can Academies

Enrollment & staffing

Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove enrolls 436 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.

Male students
212 (49%)
Female students
224 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
22.1
Student-teacher ratio
19.7:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 36% Black or African American and 1.1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino26861%
Black or African American15936%
White51.1%
Two or more races4<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

370 of the school's 436 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 360 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Charter schoolTitle I

Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 23, state house district 110.

School district: TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES

Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove is one of 13 schools in TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES, based in DALLAS, Texas. The district serves 3,479 students district-wide and employs 201 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 436 students, Texans Can Academy - Pleasant Grove is larger than the district average of about 268 students per school.

3,479
District students
13
Schools
201
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

8%
Reading proficient
12%
Math proficient
31%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Large

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