Our Achievements
Education for Its Own Sake
Our greatest academic successes cannot be quantified, but anyone who walks around the hallways or overhears our students talking over lunch can see that they are not only learning a great deal but that their curiosity has been piqued by the things they have studied. In Western Civilization class one semester, the students read arguments from the Greek Ministry of Culture and the British Museum about the proper home of the Parthenon marbles. The debate began in class and soon became heated—so heated, in fact, that the teacher eventually had to ask the students to leave her classroom and go home because the school day had already ended.
It’s impossible to describe successes like this with statistics, but the results we have measured are nevertheless promising.
PSAT and SAT Performance
Founders Classical Academy of Leander students perform well above the national and state averages on standard college entrance exams.
National Merit Scholarship Program
Since 2014, Founders high school students have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship program for their performance on the PSAT.
Even among a very small first senior class of just 12, one student achieved the rank of National Merit Scholar.
U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
One student in the Class of 2017 was chosen as one of 2600 candidates invited to apply for the U.S. Presidential Scholars program, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. Her score on the college entrance exams placed her as one of the top 20 female high school seniors in the state of Texas.
Salvatori Prize for Excellence in Teaching
In 2017 Founders Classical Academy was awarded the Salvatori Prize for Excellence in Teaching. The $25,000 Prize has three objectives: to focus attention on teaching, which is the core ingredient of effective education reform; to support deserving schools with funds for books, equipment, and other educational material; and to promote the principles of classical liberal arts education. The funds from the prize have been spent on purchasing a telescope, an air track, and other lab supplies for the science department, and violas, cellos, and
an upright bass for the fine arts department.
Alumni Across the Country and Abroad
Founders Classical Academy graduated its first class of 12 students in May of 2017. Since then, our student body has continued to grow with graduating classes reaching upwards of 47 students. Our seniors have been accepted to top colleges and universities across the country and in Europe. A full list is available below. Click here to explore an interactive map showing the colleges and universities that Founders Classical Academy of Leander students have attended since our first graduating class in 2017.
College Acceptances and Scholarships
Within eight graduating classes, the graduation and college acceptance rate is 100%. Graduates include four National Merit Scholars and fourteen National Recognition award recipients. Merit based scholarships offers exceeded $3,500,000 for the Class of 2024.
The students from our first graduating Class of 2018 were accepted to colleges and universities across the country, and earned over $2,500,000 in scholarships--an average of $90,000 in scholarship offers per student.
Here is a partial list of colleges and universities to which our students have been accepted.
List of Colleges & Universities
Abilene Christian University Austin College Baylor University Belmont Abby College Benedictine College Berry College Brigham Young University Clemson University Cornell University Concordia University Catholic University of America Colorado School of Mines DePaul University |
Duke University Duquesne University Emory University Hardin‐Simmons University Hendrix College Hillsdale College Houston Baptist University Knox College Louisiana State University Lubbock Christian University Point Loma Nazarene Univ. Purdue University Rhodes College |
Rochester Inst. of Technology St. John’s College St. Edward’s University St. Mary’s University St. Michael’s Abbey Seminary Samford University Southern Methodist University Southern Virginia University Southwestern University Texas A&M University Texas Christian University Texas Tech University Thomas Aquinas College |
University of Alabama University of Chicago University of Colorado University of Dallas U of Mary Hardin‐Baylor University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma U of St. Andrews, Scotland University of St. Thomas University of Texas University of Utah Washington & Lee University Wheaton College Westmont College |