Summary:
The Vanguard Academy district in Texas serves 1,978 students across six schools, including two elementary schools and four alternative campuses that cover a wide range of grades from PK-12, with a student population facing high economic disadvantage.
Standout schools in the district include Vanguard Rembrandt, the largest school, which leads in Mathematics performance and is the only school with its own graduation rate data (100%). Vanguard Van Gogh excels in high school readiness, achieving a perfect 100% proficiency rate in English II Reading and 78.57% in English I Reading. Vanguard Monet, the smallest school with 198 students, shows dramatic year-over-year swings, such as 4th Grade Math jumping from 14.29% to 85.71% in one year, though this volatility may reflect its small sample size. The alternative schools—Vanguard Beethoven, Vanguard Mozart, Vanguard Rembrandt, and Vanguard Van Gogh—serve as the district's academic engine, handling secondary education and driving strong upper-grade reading results.
Key metrics show the district has a perfect 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate, with spending per student ranging from $10,162 to $11,782 and low student-teacher ratios between 15.6:1 and 18:1. The district is a Reading powerhouse, outperforming the state in 7th Grade Reading (61.31% vs. 54.04%), 8th Grade Reading (65.5% vs. 58.69%), and EOC English exams (English I: 67.37% vs. 55.43%; English II: 75% vs. 59.88%). However, Mathematics is a critical weakness, with district averages below state in nearly every grade, particularly 7th Grade Math (16.24% vs. 29.41%) and 5th Grade Math (34.48% vs. 47.38%). The district also administers STAAR Spanish tests, with mixed results—for example, Vanguard Rembrandt's 3rd Grade Spanish Reading (34.78%) outperforms the state (28.3%), while Vanguard Van Gogh's 3rd Grade Spanish Math (10%) lags far behind the state (27.95%).
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