Cedar Park Charter Academy, Cedar Park TX

Original Research by School Decision on Cedar Park Charter Academy

Cedar Park Charter Academy is a closed school. Publicly reported sources indicate it shut down in 2023, ending Priority Charter Schools' presence in Cedar Park entirely. The campus is no longer an enrollment option, and families in Cedar Park who relied on it had to find alternatives. Priority Charter Schools now operates only in Temple, Killeen, and Copperas Cove.

Because the school is closed, this profile is best understood as a historical record rather than a guide for current enrollment decisions.

The school served grades three through eight under the charter of Priority Charter Schools, a Texas-based charter operator. Enrollment figures and demographic breakdowns were not available in the data.

State STAAR assessment results from the final year of operation give some picture of where students stood academically. In English language arts, performance varied considerably by grade, with some grades reaching or exceeding half of students scoring proficient, and others falling below that mark. In math, results were weaker across the board, with the third-grade cohort showing very few students reaching proficiency and upper-elementary and middle grades landing in a range that would be considered low compared to state expectations. Science results told a split story: the fifth-grade group had no students reaching proficiency, while the eighth-grade group performed closer to the middle range. Eighth-grade social studies was the clearest bright spot, with a strong majority of tested students reaching proficiency. Class sizes at each tested grade were quite small, which means these results carry wide statistical uncertainty and should not be read as stable, long-run performance estimates.

Trend data was not available, and cut score changes on the STAAR were flagged for this testing year, so year-over-year comparisons would not be reliable in any case. No information on programs, staffing, course offerings, attendance, or discipline was present in the data.

Cedar Park itself remains an active, growing suburban community northwest of Austin. Home values in the area sit above the Texas state midpoint and above the national benchmark, and they dipped modestly in the most recent year-over-year period. Rents followed a similar downward trend. The community is characterized by master-planned neighborhoods, an established park and trail system anchored by the Brushy Creek Regional Trail, and a city actively building out a mixed-use downtown district called the Bell District around a new public library and Bell Park. Major employers in the area include Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, Firefly Aerospace, and Austin Community College, with the broader Austin tech corridor nearby. The city is car-dependent overall, though certain corridors near Lakeline and the Town Center area offer more walkable conditions.

For families currently in Cedar Park looking for charter options, Cedar Park Charter Academy is no longer available. Priority Charter Schools does not serve the area.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

Not publicly reportedCohort of 4 students · Class of 2021

The federal source does not publish a graduation rate for cohorts this small. The cohort size is shown for context.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,779 schools plotted. 59 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 38%

School 8% · District 18% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 43% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 31% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 8% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 13% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 11% · ▲ 31 pts above district

even with state median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 41% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 43% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 53% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 47% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 47% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 55% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 16% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 45% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 877%

School 77% · District 10% · ▲ 67 pts above district

▲ 53 pts above state median

This schoolPRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income67%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income40%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income29%Higher-income100%71 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income80%Higher-income50%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income0%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income0%Higher-income60%60 pp gap