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Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12
4610th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,643 Texas Alternative Schools
Better than 1% of Texas alternative schools
Summary

Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy in Dallas, TX, is a large public charter school serving 2,670 students from Pre-K through 12th grade in a high-poverty area, where 99.44% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

This school presents a striking paradox: it boasts a very high graduation rate of 95% and an extremely low dropout rate of 0.1%, yet its academic performance on state tests is consistently far below state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 23.36% of students were proficient in English I Reading, compared to 37.58% at the nearby Life School Oak Cliff. The school's proficiency rates in core subjects like Reading and Math are often half the state average or worse, with 3rd-grade Math proficiency at just 6.4% (state: 44.88%). This suggests the school may be prioritizing keeping students in school and graduating over ensuring they meet rigorous academic standards. The school also struggles significantly in Science and Social Studies, with proficiency rates often below 12%, and its Spanish-language STAAR test results are even lower, indicating challenges in serving its English Language Learner population.

When compared to Life School Oak Cliff, which is just over a mile away and serves a similarly high-poverty population, Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy consistently underperforms. For instance, in 5th-grade Reading, Life School Oak Cliff had a 43.56% proficiency rate versus 21.05% at Faith Family. This comparison shows that the challenges of poverty are not insurmountable and that different instructional approaches can yield better results. While there is a slight improvement in some high school subjects like Biology (43.56% proficiency), these scores remain well below the state average. The school's district, Faith Family Academy, ranks in the bottom 3% of all Texas school districts, highlighting the need for a fundamental shift in instructional strategy to improve learning outcomes for its students.

2,670
Students ?
20.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,196
Per pupil spending ?
99.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 300 W Kiest Blvd
       Dallas, TX  75115

(972) 224-4110

District: Faith Family Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
77.0%
African American:
20.6%
White:
1.3%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 11th percentile in 2023 → 13th in 2026
Strengths
✓95% graduate within 4 years
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (23% vs 52% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!U.S. History scores 38 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg23%
Texas avg52%
Elementary school
4,610th of 4,643
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2018
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,218th of 2,359
Texas public middle schools ?
Bottom 6%▲ up 2 pts since 2018
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,781st of 2,057
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 13%▲ up 1 pts since 2018
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
917th of 947Faith Family Academy among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20264.64610 of 46430.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.54625 of 46510.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.44673 of 47100.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.24577 of 46471.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.14551 of 45810.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.84405 of 45783.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.34440 of 44790.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.54322 of 43590.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202615.92291 of 24145.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.21853 of 19052.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.22347 of 24433.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.82390 of 24432.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.42358 of 24212.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.32307 of 24445.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.22480 of 25151.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.22418 of 24832.6%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202215.54269 of 44614.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202128.93451 of 433120.3%★☆☆☆☆
201919.14032 of 42956.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.73955 of 42406.7%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.11558 of 16465.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.02900 of 29180.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.63653 of 36680.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.93381 of 35564.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.03351 of 34873.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202132.72514 of 344627.0%★☆☆☆☆
201925.12893 of 333313.2%★☆☆☆☆
201823.52857 of 322611.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20265.14563 of 45880.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.13738 of 37440.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.74637 of 46580.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.54545 of 45880.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.64531 of 45610.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.04283 of 44994.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.04323 of 43480.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.44287 of 43060.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20264.63050 of 30801.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.32596 of 26190.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.32911 of 29802.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.12947 of 29580.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.12987 of 30060.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.43121 of 31842.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.23049 of 31061.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20265.54397 of 44250.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.03636 of 36440.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.94454 of 44650.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.04318 of 44011.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.84336 of 43760.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.03948 of 43298.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.14114 of 41881.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.84129 of 41680.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20266.84489 of 45351.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.03693 of 37050.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.24575 of 45940.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.34399 of 45212.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.04433 of 44771.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.44162 of 44516.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.24266 of 43091.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.24232 of 42640.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20265.44551 of 45971.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.63727 of 37390.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.94631 of 46470.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.04495 of 45852.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.14523 of 45630.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.74359 of 44983.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.64318 of 43570.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.14275 of 43191.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.34258 of 43081.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.93539 of 35490.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.44257 of 42920.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.43937 of 40863.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.13830 of 39523.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.43548 of 37996.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.13486 of 36845.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.53276 of 35587.9%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202230.02424 of 308221.3%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.22218 of 23596.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.82249 of 23444.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.02272 of 23724.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.82232 of 23304.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.62112 of 22546.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.22055 of 22528.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.62073 of 21935.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.82002 of 20803.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202622.21142 of 130612.6%★☆☆☆☆
202514.3961 of 9973.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.71206 of 12805.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.81135 of 127310.8%★☆☆☆☆
202225.21054 of 125115.7%★☆☆☆☆
202122.91066 of 121312.1%★☆☆☆☆
201921.11064 of 119310.8%★☆☆☆☆
201814.61121 of 11673.9%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202227.61783 of 218218.3%★☆☆☆☆
202133.41504 of 211829.0%★☆☆☆☆
201924.01827 of 205811.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.21889 of 20085.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202631.21063 of 140324.2%★☆☆☆☆
202514.61373 of 14283.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.21658 of 17706.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.91551 of 17209.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202228.01336 of 164318.7%★☆☆☆☆
202141.2878 of 159244.8%★★☆☆☆
201934.5991 of 144531.4%★★☆☆☆
201833.1989 of 137628.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.52151 of 22634.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.61806 of 18251.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.92193 of 22422.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.42176 of 22412.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.72080 of 22216.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.11968 of 21518.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.71988 of 20472.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.71982 of 20081.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20267.01466 of 15102.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.21178 of 12304.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.61424 of 14813.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.31456 of 14882.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.81432 of 15014.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.71294 of 144610.5%★☆☆☆☆
20180.51429 of 14300.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202615.02045 of 21615.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.21695 of 17312.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.32072 of 21192.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.62044 of 21163.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.21947 of 20776.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.11834 of 204310.2%★☆☆☆☆
201915.61822 of 19355.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.21848 of 18952.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202617.62107 of 22757.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.91790 of 18201.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.92177 of 22352.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.02149 of 22514.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.42039 of 22208.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.51947 of 217210.4%★☆☆☆☆
201916.51941 of 20736.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.81976 of 20393.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.12148 of 22745.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.41794 of 18181.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.92203 of 22461.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.82148 of 22454.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.82106 of 22285.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.12020 of 21686.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.71929 of 20696.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.21969 of 20303.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202632.31437 of 197427.2%★☆☆☆☆
202510.21554 of 15680.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.81870 of 18911.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.11765 of 18152.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.61564 of 175711.0%★☆☆☆☆
202127.11436 of 171216.1%★☆☆☆☆
201938.6943 of 162642.0%★★☆☆☆
201822.31492 of 15976.6%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20252.71433 of 14390.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.11685 of 17232.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.21582 of 17006.9%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.81781 of 205713.4%★☆☆☆☆
202513.61719 of 197412.9%★☆☆☆☆
202411.31768 of 199011.2%★☆☆☆☆
202310.71740 of 196111.3%★☆☆☆☆
20229.21723 of 18768.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.91672 of 186110.2%★☆☆☆☆
201912.01638 of 185711.8%★☆☆☆☆
201813.21566 of 179712.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202626.8819 of 110125.6%★☆☆☆☆
202524.1647 of 83422.4%★☆☆☆☆
202424.0799 of 106525.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.1742 of 106930.6%★★☆☆☆
202220.4850 of 103117.6%★☆☆☆☆
202120.3844 of 102017.3%★☆☆☆☆
201924.8785 of 102423.3%★☆☆☆☆
201818.8853 of 101315.8%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202216.91661 of 18379.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.61630 of 182910.9%★☆☆☆☆
201927.31442 of 181020.3%★☆☆☆☆
201824.01520 of 178414.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202642.4629 of 120948.0%★★☆☆☆
202521.0948 of 115317.8%★☆☆☆☆
202417.41260 of 143712.3%★☆☆☆☆
202325.81016 of 137125.9%★☆☆☆☆
202227.6909 of 127828.9%★☆☆☆☆
202131.6838 of 119529.9%★★☆☆☆
201936.9647 of 113643.0%★★☆☆☆
201844.4464 of 111358.3%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20269.31777 of 197610.1%★☆☆☆☆
20259.91386 of 15047.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.41730 of 18808.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.71673 of 189111.5%★☆☆☆☆
20227.01722 of 18416.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.01653 of 18158.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.11644 of 17988.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.01634 of 17818.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20269.71163 of 12083.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.9902 of 9646.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.81056 of 118210.7%★☆☆☆☆
202224.61020 of 117213.0%★☆☆☆☆
202120.11037 of 117711.9%★☆☆☆☆
20195.21119 of 11452.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201845.3821 of 113727.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202614.91665 of 190912.8%★☆☆☆☆
202512.01324 of 14538.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.41676 of 18057.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.71634 of 182010.2%★☆☆☆☆
20229.81619 of 17628.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.31570 of 17439.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.31551 of 17149.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.51484 of 169112.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202617.41690 of 197614.5%★☆☆☆☆
202514.41368 of 15139.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.41743 of 18847.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.71653 of 189712.9%★☆☆☆☆
202213.31669 of 18479.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.21638 of 184811.4%★☆☆☆☆
201915.71632 of 181810.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.71601 of 179410.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.41692 of 199315.1%★☆☆☆☆
202511.31380 of 15158.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.11784 of 18915.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.11736 of 19139.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.31691 of 18538.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.41678 of 18408.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.91658 of 18249.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.71602 of 180311.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202621.71389 of 161013.7%★☆☆☆☆
202514.91214 of 12996.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.81482 of 15484.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.81387 of 14786.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.71276 of 141810.0%★☆☆☆☆
202124.41183 of 138214.4%★☆☆☆☆
201920.21235 of 13579.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.71114 of 134717.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.51428 of 161111.4%★☆☆☆☆
20234.61490 of 15765.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202273.3248 of 152583.7%★★★★☆
20210.91492 of 15101.2%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
White (2022)21st percentile+21 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)5th percentile+5 vs school
African American (2026)5th percentile+4 vs school
At Risk (2022)4th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Special Education (2026)27th percentile+21 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)24th percentile+18 vs school
At Risk (2022)18th percentile+12 vs school
African American (2026)13th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile~ school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)5th percentile~ school
Female (2026)5th percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)3rd percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)<1st percentile-4 vs school
High school
English Language Learner (2026)48th percentile+35 vs school
African American (2026)26th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2026)15th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)14th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)13th percentile~ school
White (2026)11th percentile~ school
Female (2026)10th percentile-3 vs school
At Risk (2022)10th percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)4th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Biology44%-27 vs state
English II Reading38%-22 vs state
U.S. History32%-38 vs state
Algebra I31%-23 vs state
English I Reading26%-29 vs state
Reading23%-32 vs state
Mathematics18%-26 vs state
Social Studies4%-28 vs state

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Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy ranks in the bottom 0.7% of Texas alternative schools.

Students at Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy are 77% Hispanic, 21% African American, 1% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,670 students attended Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy.

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