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Orenda Charter School District Scores an A
in 2022 Texas Education Agency Accountability Ratings(August 15, 2022) GEORGETOWN, TX — Orenda Charter School District earned an A from the Texas Education Agency in the 2022 Accountability Ratings. Only a third of the state’s 1,195 districts achieved this distinction.
“Our scores are nothing short of fantastic. Our ratings reflect the accomplished goals we set out to focus on our student and his or her growth as a learner, both academically and socially,” said Carla Silber, superintendent of Orenda Charter School.
The districts largest school, Gateway College Preparatory, scored a 96 with five distinction designations. Kingsland School, which will see its first high school graduating class in 2023, jumped two letter grades to a high “B” with two distinctions. Nolan Creek, a K-6 school in Belton was rated a “C”, a letter grade improvement from the last state report and Gateway Tech, a high school credit recovery school, received an “A”.
“Given a world-wide pandemic that turned education systems upside down, I am so proud of our teachers, aides, campus leaders, and staff who diligently worked to, not only make gains during the past school year, but to make up for learning loss from the prior two years,” Mrs. Silber added.
Texas provides annual academic accountability ratings to its public school districts. The ratings are based on performance on state standardized tests; graduation rates; and college, career, and military readiness outcomes. The ratings examine student achievement, school progress, and whether districts and campuses are closing achievement gaps among various student groups. Individual district and campus data can be found at TXschools.gov.
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(April 27th, 2021) -- A U.S. News & World Report story ranked Gateway College Preparatory School among the top 100 high schools in Texas and top 10 high schools in the Austin metro area for 2021.Placing 87th in the state and 10th in the Austin metro area, Gateway College Prep has a graduation rate of nearly 100%. In addition, Gateway’s math and reading proficiency rates are 94%, and 95%, respectively. 100% of the graduating seniors took an Advanced Placement (AP) exams, with over 50% passing at least one exam.
Overall, Gateway College Preparatory School scored 96.42%. In determining its rankings, U.S. News and World Report considered many factors, including college readiness, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, under-served student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.
(April 6th, 2021) -- The Children at Risk organization ranked Gateway College Preparatory School among the top 10 high schools in the Central Texas area.Placing 9th overall, Gateway College Prep has a graduation rate of nearly 100%. In addition, Gateway’s math and reading proficiency rates are 94%, and 95%, respectively. 100% of the graduating seniors took an Advanced Placement (AP) exams, with over 50% passing at least one exam.
In determining its rankings, the Children at Risk organization evaluates schools based on the Student Achievement Index, Campus Performance Index, Growth Index, and College Readiness Index. You can read more about the project at www.texasschoolguide.org.
(August 27th, 2020) -- A U.S. News & World Report story ranked Gateway College Preparatory School among the top 10 high schools in the Austin area for 2020.Placing 10th overall, and 5th among charter high schools, Gateway College Prep has a graduation rate of nearly 100%. In addition, Gateway’s math and reading proficiency rates are 94%, and 95%, respectively. 100% of the graduating seniors took an Advanced Placement (AP) exams, with over 50% passing at least one exam.
Overall, Gateway College Preparatory School scored 96.42%. In determining its rankings, U.S. News and World Report considered many factors, including college readiness, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, under-served student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.
(April 27th, 2020) -- A U.S. News & World Report story ranked Gateway College Preparatory School among the top 100 high schools in Texas for 2020.Placing 87th in the state, Gateway College Prep has a graduation rate of nearly 100%. In addition, Gateway’s math and reading proficiency rates are 94%, and 95%, respectively. 100% of the graduating seniors took an Advanced Placement (AP) exams, with over 50% passing at least one exam.
Overall, Gateway College Preparatory School scored 96.42%. In determining its rankings, U.S. News and World Report considered many factors, including college readiness, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, under-served student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.
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Athletics Accolades
Our flagship Gateway College Preparatory School, located in Georgetown, is a member of the University Interscholastic League (UIL), and the Texas High School Lacrosse League (THSLL). Below are some of our athletic achievements. The Austin American Statesman annual George Breazeale Cup recognizes the most successful high school athletic programs in the greater Austin area that are members of the UIL regardless of UIL enrollment classification. There are approximately seventy (70) high schools in the area ranked by the Statesman each year.
SY 2019 -2020
Gateway Prep ranked #35 in the COVID pandemic shortened UIL season Breazeale Cup rankings. Had the season been completed both our highly ranked baseball team and softball teams would have made the playoffs and raised our score. Over ten athletes signed to play in college.SY 2018 – 2019
Gateway Prep ranked #36 in the Breazeale Cup standings. The boys’ basketball team came in 2nd place in 3A District 25 with a 23- 8 record. Our baseball team was ranked as high as #15 in UIL 3A and advanced to the regional quarter finals. Our boy’s lacrosse team qualified for the THSLL playoffs for the first time in school history and advanced to the second round. We had a boy swimmer and boy golfer compete in the UIL state championships, and girl pole vaulter ranked #1 in UIL 3A statewide.SY 2017 - 2018
Gateway Prep ranked #26 in the Breazeale Cup standings. Boys baseball, for the second consecutive year, was UIL 3A Region 4 Champions and played in the UIL final four state championship at the Dell Diamond. Girls soccer was 4A Region 4 Bi-District Champions. The boys’ basketball team qualified for the UIL playoffs for the first time in school history. Girls volleyball was in the UIL playoff. We had a girl swimmer and girl pole vaulter compete in the UIL state track championships.SY 2016 - 2017
Gateway Prep ranked #34 in the Breazeale Cup standings. Boys baseball was UIL 3A Region 4 Champions and played in the UIL final four state championship at the Dell Diamond. Girls volleyball was in the UIL playoffs. We had a girl track sprinter compete in the UIL state track championships.SY 2015 – 2016
Boys baseball was UIL 3A District 25 champions, and girls’ volleyball made the UIL playoffs. We had a boy’s pole vaulter compete in the UIL state track championship.SY 2014-2015
We had a boy's swim relay team compete in the UIL state swim championships.
