Prestonwood Christian Academy
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Prestonwood Christian Academy (PCA) is a private PreK-12 school in Plano
, Texas
. It has over 1,400 students.
Around 2011 Prestonwood Christian received a 44% increase in inquiries and a 25% increase in applications submitted to the school. Most of the students in the school live within the attendance boundaries of the Plano Independent School District
. Increased concerns with demographic changes, state budget cuts, and larger school populations in the Plano ISD schools resulted in increased interest in private schools like Prestonwood Christian from parents living within Plano ISD.
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. It has over 1,400 students.
Around 2011 Prestonwood Christian received a 44% increase in inquiries and a 25% increase in applications submitted to the school. Most of the students in the school live within the attendance boundaries of the Plano Independent School District
Plano Independent School District
Plano Independent School District is a public school district in southeastern Collin County, Texas, with its headquarters in Plano. Plano ISD serves about of land, with of it within the City of Plano...
. Increased concerns with demographic changes, state budget cuts, and larger school populations in the Plano ISD schools resulted in increased interest in private schools like Prestonwood Christian from parents living within Plano ISD.
External links
- Prestonwood Christian Academy
- Meyers, Jessica. "Plano students trickling out of district to private schools." The Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
. Monday October 10, 2011. - Gootman, Elissa. "Middle School Girls Unlock a Room of Their Own, in Miniature." The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. October 9, 2011.