Summary:
This analysis focuses on a single school, Doral Academy Of Texas, a public charter school in Buda, TX serving grades PK through 8 with 392 students, operating as its own independent school district.
Doral Academy Of Texas is a school of stark contrasts. It excels in advanced coursework, with 100% of 8th graders taking Algebra I and Biology scoring proficient or above in 2025-2026, far exceeding state averages. However, the school faces a critical "upper-grade math cliff," where math proficiency drops dramatically from 7 points above the state average in 3rd grade to nearly 10 points below in 7th grade. Reading performance improves in middle school, peaking at 8th grade (73.68% proficient vs. 58.69% state), but early grades lag behind. The school's state ranking has declined from the 74th percentile (4 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 57th percentile (3 stars) in 2025-2026, signaling a need for improvement. The student-teacher ratio is 19:1, and 50.77% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Key takeaways for parents: The school provides an excellent foundation in early math and a standout advanced track for high-achieving students, but struggles to maintain math and science proficiency for the majority of students in middle school. Year-over-year performance volatility in subjects like 4th grade reading (dropping from 65.71% to 44.44% proficient) and 8th grade math (jumping from 9.09% to 44.83%) suggests small class sizes or inconsistent instruction across cohorts. The Doral Academy Of Texas district has a 0.0% dropout rate, but the declining state ranking indicates the school must address its middle school STEM instruction to reverse its current trajectory.
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