The top reported proficiency rate is 72% in English language arts. The lowest is 34% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Leadership Prep School Secondary
Leadership Prep School Secondary is a charter school serving grades five through twelve in Frisco, a fast-growing Dallas suburb known for major sports venues and corporate headquarters. The school enrolls a diverse student body with substantial representation across racial and ethnic groups, including a significant Asian population, along with White, Hispanic, and Black students. The school is situated in a prosperous area; median home values in the Frisco ZIP code are well above state and national benchmarks, and median household income in the region is solidly above national averages.
The school is built on a distinctive pedagogical model centered on Stephen Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" through the Leader in Me framework, paired with project-based learning across all grade levels. This approach is district-wide and forms the core identity of the school, so families choosing Leadership Prep are intentionally selecting a leadership and habits-focused curriculum rather than a traditional instruction model. The district recently opened a third campus, an elementary school, for the 2025-26 school year, which materially improves access to the district; historically, the school has maintained high waitlists, so the new capacity represents a meaningful shift in enrollment availability.
On state testing, the school shows uneven results across subjects. In English Language Arts, proficiency rates are solid across all tested grades, ranging from a strong majority in grade five down to a majority in grade eight. Mathematics proficiency is considerably weaker, ranging from roughly a quarter in grade six to roughly two-fifths in grades five and eight. Science proficiency sits in the moderate range, with grade five notably lower and grade eight markedly stronger. Social studies proficiency in grade eight is the lowest area, with roughly a third of students meeting the standard. A parent may want to look into the school's specific math supports and whether the project-based model includes dedicated numeracy intervention, given the gap between ELA and math outcomes. Data on graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, and participation rates were not available, so a parent seeking a complete picture of high school outcomes and attendance patterns should request those metrics directly from the school.
The school's overall proficiency index—a mean of all tested subjects and grades—places it in the top quartile among Denton County districts, indicating that despite the math softness, the school's aggregate performance is competitive within its regional peer group. Relative to other schools in the county, Leadership Prep Secondary performs above the midpoint overall, a meaningful position for a charter school with a specialized curriculum model.
The school does not report free-or-reduced-price-lunch numbers or English learner counts, and special education enrollment data were also absent. The lack of these figures means a parent cannot determine from publicly available data whether the school serves proportional shares of economically disadvantaged or special-needs students, or the scale of language support available. The district itself is the school's authorizing entity, and the school carries no Title I designation, though Title I status data were not available to confirm whether the school would otherwise qualify. Given the affluent Frisco context and the absence of Title I information, the school likely serves a population skewed toward higher-income families, but that should be verified directly with the school.
The secondary campus occupies a single location on Teel Parkway in central Frisco, within a growing but auto-oriented suburban landscape. The locale offers extensive trails and parks, and the city is actively investing in walkable downtown and mixed-use districts, though day-to-day transportation in Frisco remains car-dependent. The broader community is anchored by major employers in technology, education, manufacturing, and health care, with the Dallas Cowboys, PGA of America, and corporate names like TIAA, T-Mobile, and Thomson Reuters driving the regional economy.
For families considering Leadership Prep Secondary, the school offers a coherent, intentional instructional philosophy centered on leadership development and collaboration, with strong ELA outcomes and competitive overall performance within the county. The gaps in math and social studies, combined with the absence of key demographic and outcome data, suggest the need for direct conversation with school leadership about academic supports, special populations, and what the project-based model actually looks like in practice, especially at the secondary level where traditional course rigor and standardized outcome accountability matter more acutely.
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