Summary
Lake Granbury Academy is a small charter school in Granbury, TX, serving just 47 students in grades 7-12, and it has consistently ranked in the bottom 1-4% of all Texas high schools over the last five years, receiving zero stars in every recorded year. The school serves a highly disadvantaged student population, with over 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, a figure that spiked to over 92% in the 2023-2024 school year. Its academic performance is critically low, with a 0% proficiency rate in 8th-grade Reading, Mathematics, and Social Studies in the most recent testing data, and only 16.67% of students proficient in Biology and U.S. History, compared to the state average of over 70%.
This performance stands in stark contrast to nearby schools like Brock High School, which achieved over 95% proficiency in Biology, and other area schools such as Glen Rose High School, Lipan High School, Tolar High School, Godley High School, and Granbury High School, all of which rank in the top 70% of Texas schools. Even other charter options in the area, such as Premier H S Of Granbury, show significantly better outcomes, with 60% proficiency in Biology compared to Lake Granbury's 16.67%. The school's student-teacher ratio is highly unstable, swinging from a low of 6.3:1 in 2023-2024 to a high of 27.3:1 in 2024-2025, suggesting a potential loss of teaching staff that would severely impact instruction.
Despite spending $14,246 per student—higher than high-performing nearby schools like Brock ($11,259) and Glen Rose ($12,572)—the school has failed to produce basic academic proficiency, indicating a critical issue with how funds are utilized. The school reports a 0% dropout rate, but this is misleading given its tiny enrollment and abysmal performance, and there is no test score data for core high school subjects like Algebra I or English I in recent years. For families in the Granbury area, the data strongly suggests that nearby traditional public schools or other charter options like Premier H.S. offer a far more reliable and effective educational environment.
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