Bridgeway Preparatory Academy, Dallas TX

Original Research by School Decision on Bridgeway Preparatory Academy

Bridgeway Preparatory Academy is a charter school serving pre-K through sixth grade in Dallas, with a small enrollment. The school relocated to a new STEM-focused campus in 2024-2025 and has expanded its grade span to include middle school through eighth grade, allowing families to keep children enrolled longer without transitioning elsewhere.

The school's academic results are notably weak across all tested subjects. In math, only a small number of third-graders performed at proficiency, and fourth and fifth graders showed zero proficiency; sixth grade fared somewhat better. In English language arts, proficiency rates similarly ranged from very low in third grade through below-average in fifth and sixth grades. Science results were poor, with fifth graders showing zero proficiency on state tests. When grades have only small numbers of test-takers, as in eighth grade, the state suppresses proficiency data. Across all subjects and grades combined, the school's proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Denton County. A parent may want to look further into what the school is doing to address these performance gaps and what support structures are in place.

The school describes itself as adopting Harvard's Universal Design for Learning framework, a personalized, inclusion-oriented approach designed especially for students with social, emotional, behavioral, or academic needs. This pedagogical commitment is a defining feature for families seeking an alternative to traditional instruction. The school also offers music as part of its arts program.

The student population is diverse by race and ethnicity, with Black and Hispanic students together comprising roughly two-thirds of enrollment. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to the school's role serving families with lower household income. Enrollment is small, with the largest classes in pre-K and kindergarten and noticeably smaller cohorts in the elementary and early middle grades.

The school is located in Dallas, a large North Texas city with strong job growth, diverse major employers ranging from AT&T and Texas Instruments to health systems and technology firms, and active real estate development across neighborhoods like Uptown, Victory Park, and southern Dallas near the new UNT Dallas campus. Housing in the school's zip code has depreciated modestly year-over-year; the city overall remains more affordable than national benchmarks. Dallas is car-dependent outside a few highly walkable neighborhoods, though transit is served by the DART system with five light-rail lines and bus service.

State testing data was not available for all grades and subjects due to suppression rules when sample sizes are too small. The school has only one year of assessment results in the data, so trend information is not available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 38%

School 8% · district not reported

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 51 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 48 pts below county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

This schoolBRIDGEWAY PREPARATORY ACADEMY, 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.