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  • A charter school is a public open enrollment school. We operate under the same guidelines and rules for any public school as directed by the Texas education agency.

  • Yes. All students must take and pass all state-mandated assessment tests such as the STAAR/EOC exams.

  • No, as a public school, The Ranch Academy does not charge any fees not otherwise charged at any other public school. Students are required to provide their own basic school supplies. A list is provided at enrollment.

  • We do not provide breakfast for our day students. However, students have access to a refrigerator and microwave. Lunch is $3 per day or $1.75 reduced. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch at their previous school will fill out paperwork to be considered for the same option at The Ranch Academy.

  • At enrollment, a transcript analysis is conducted and students are given the opportunity to go back and utilize credit recovery options to improve their previous grades. This option is in addition to maintaining work in their current classes.

  • No, we do not provide any transportation for students. Transportation is the sole responsibility of the parent or guardian.

  • No. The Ranch Academy is not a GED test prep center or testing site.

  • Yes.  We are considered a fully accredited school by the Texas Education Agency.

  • Yes.  Teachers at The Ranch Academy are fully certified.  Also, our staff primarily consists of veteran teachers with a variety of multiple certifications and areas of expertise.

  • All students will be considered on an individual basis for enrollment. All information will be taken into account including discipline, attendance and academic performance.

  • TEA requires each district to adopt a local policy around GPA Calculation Method to be used for the purposes of determining class rank. SB 1191 if adopted will change this but final determinations have not been made by TEA at this time.

    Ranch Academy uses a straight line exact GPA Calculation method, this is due to our low class sizes. All advanced, honors, dual credit, AP, etc. classes receive an additional 1 point bump in the calculation of the GPA.

    Standard GPA Calculation Table.

    100=4.0 90=3.0 80=2.0 70=1.0

    99=3.9 89=2.9 79=1.9 69=0.9

    98=3.8 88=2.8 78=1.8 68=0.8

    97=3.7 87=2.7 77=1.7 67=0.7

    96=3.6 86=2.6 76=1.6 66=0.6

    95=3.5 85=2.5 75=1.5 65=0.5

    94=3.4 84=2.4 74=1.4 64=0.4

    93=3.3 83=2.3 73=1.3 63=0.3

    92=3.2 82=2.2 72=1.2 62=0.2

    91=3.1 81=2.1 71=1.1 61=0.1

  • It is important to understand currently there is no “Standard GPA” for Texas Public Schools. The Ranch Academy local GPA is used solely to determine class rank locally.

    Other institutions requesting students GPA will use their method to calculate it. If you are submitting a GPA, you should recalculate it prior to submitting. Most admissions counselors will do this for you.

    Example how GPA methods differ:

    Other institutions may use variations of a Grade Point Grouping method. Their chart of raw scores might be like this:
    100-90 = 4 points
    89-80 = 3 points
    79-75 = 2 points
    74-65 = 1 Point

    If a student received a total average raw score of 94, that would be a 4 point average for them but a 3.4 with Ranch Academy. On the other end of the scale a 74 with them might be worth 1 points and Ranch Academy would be 1.4 points.