History:

Advantage Academy is a Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade tuition-free public charter school with over 1,700 students founded by Dr. Allen Beck in 1998 with 60 students. We are based in Duncanville, Texas with four DFW area campuses. One PreK-8th grade campus located in Southwest Dallas known as our North Duncanville campus, a PreK-8th grade campus in Waxahachie a PreK-8th grade and high school in Grand Prairie, Texas. 100% of our high school students were College and Career ready last year. 

Advantage Academy offers career and technology education courses that include: STEM, Business and Multimedia CTE endorsements and free dual credit with local colleges. They place an emphasis on character and student leadership development utilizing FranklinCovey's highly acclaimed The Leader in Me whole-school transformation program.

Advantage Academy is operated by Eagle Advantage Schools, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. 

Our founder, incorporated the following seven pillars or principles that we as an educational institute live by and strive to instill in our students.