Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the answers to some common questions about AESA Prep Academy. If you don’t see the answer to your question here, please contact us! We’d love to chat with you.
Here are the answers to some common questions about AESA Prep Academy. If you don’t see the answer to your question here, please contact us! We’d love to chat with you.
AESA Stands for Academic Excellence for the Scholar, Athlete, and Artist.
We are a private college prep school.
We proudly founded our school in 2009!
We serve students in grades 2 through 12.
Yes, we are SACS accredited (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools). This is the same governing body that provides the accreditation for The University of Texas.
Yes
We currently have 95 students, and will be increasing our enrollment limit to 100 in the coming years.
We have an average 4-1 student teacher ratio, with our largest core academic classes having 8 students in a class.
Our goal is to maintain as close to a 50:50 ratio as possible.
We prepare our students for the PSAT, SAT and ACT; we also administer the Stanford Achievement Test for those families who request it.
AESA curriculum is based on National Standards, the SAT and the ACT preparedness. We foster critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills, teamwork and collaboration. Our courses are inquiry based. Our curriculum is very hands on.
No. We utilize dual-credit courses from The University of Texas at Austin, which we feel better prepares students for college and their careers.
We do not require uniforms. We have a basic standard dress code.
Yes, we follow a traditional nine month schedule with a few more holidays and our Spring Break is two weeks instead of the traditional one week. Our school year is divided into two semesters that are then each divided into two quarters each.
Our tuition is $17,000.00, with electives and foreign languages being an additional $600.00 each, and textbooks are not included in the tuition.
For more information visit our Tuition and Fees page.
AESA proudly has alumni attending the following universities:
The Australian Shepard. We are the AESA Aussies and we have two Australian Shepard mascots, Blue and Diesel.
Have any questions that weren’t answered here? Please contact us or give us a call at 512-560-5584. We look forward to hearing from you!