Leadership Prep School, Frisco TX

Original Research by School Decision on Leadership Prep School

Leadership Prep School is a charter serving kindergarten through fourth grade in Frisco, with a mid-sized enrollment distributed evenly across grades. The school operates under a distinct pedagogical model built on Stephen Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People," called Leader in Me, paired with project-based learning. This approach is integrated district-wide and shapes how students engage with academic content and develop leadership competencies, marking a deliberate departure from traditional classroom structure that families choosing this school should understand as central to its identity.

The school's student body is notably diverse by race and ethnicity. A substantial share of students are Asian, with meaningful representation also among Black, White, and Hispanic students, plus smaller groups of multiracial and Native American students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of enrolled families cannot be assessed from the data provided.

On state testing, the school shows mixed performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency rates are above midpoint, with stronger results in third grade than fourth. Math proficiency is lower: third-grade results sit around the midpoint, while fourth-grade math proficiency dips noticeably below it. This gap between ELA and math is a pattern worth noting. A parent may want to look into further what supports the school offers in elementary mathematics and how instruction addresses the decline from third to fourth grade. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to districts in Denton County, reflecting strength across tested subjects when viewed as an aggregate.

The district recently opened a second elementary campus, Majestic Gardens Elementary, for the 2025-26 school year, substantially expanding enrollment capacity. This is relevant because the school had historically run high waitlists, so families seeking admission now have a materially improved chance of securing a seat.

Frisco itself is a fast-growing, affluent Dallas suburb. The housing market reflects that affluence, with median home values well above the Texas benchmark and rents correspondingly high. The community anchors around extensive parks, trails, sports venues like The Star (Dallas Cowboys headquarters) and Toyota Stadium (FC Dallas), and mixed-use developments. Walkability is limited outside of new mixed-use districts such as Frisco Square and Firefly Park, as most daily travel relies on cars. The area is part of one of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S., though growth has moderated from earlier years. Public transit is limited; the city is not part of DART and instead offers demand-response service through the Denton County Transportation Authority.

Kindergarten enrollment data was not provided, so the school's status on special education identification rates and English learner enrollment cannot be assessed. No graduation rate applies to a K-4 school. Science and social studies state testing data in the dataset comes from 2015-16 and is not current, so those results are not reported here as representative of current performance.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 362%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grade 590%

School 90% · District 38% · ▲ 52 pts above district

▲ 67 pts above state median · ▲ 58 pts above county median

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 49% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 35% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

This schoolLEADERSHIP PREP SCHOOL, 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 6Lower-income80%Higher-income98%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income80%Higher-income90%10 pp gap