Prestonwood Christian Academy


Prestonwood Christian Academy is a private Christian school that serves more than 1,600 students enrolled at three campuses: in Plano, in Prosper and .
It is affiliated with Prestonwood Baptist Church and is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International. The school has been recognized as having one of the strongest Christian education programs in the country providing intentional biblical worldview training and integration. PCA values students' spiritual health in addition to their scholastic endeavors and co-curricular activities. In addition to PCA's spiritual development plan, the school follows a Liberal Arts academic program. The graduating class of 2017 was offered more than $10 million in scholarship for academics, arts and athletics from universities and other institutions of higher learning.
PCA also operates a school system : in addition to PCA, PCA North, and PCAplus, the system also includes St. Timothy Christian Academy, a K-12 school for students with learning challenges, and , a private school which began operations in Fall 2019 in the Bonton area of South Dallas with K4-1st grade, the intent is for TKA to open a new grade every year thereafter.

Educational Philosophy

PCA operates on a philosophy called "Kingdom Education", which it defines as follows:
Kingdom education is defined as the lifelong, Bible-based, Christ-centered process of leading a child into a new identity with Christ. Kingdom education works to develop children according to their specific abilities so that a child will be empowered to live a life characterized by love, trust and obedience to Christ. The ultimate goal of Kingdom education is to develop a mature disciple of Jesus Christ whose life glorifies God.

The philosophy is undergirded by ten principles, which it considers to be Biblically-based and required in all aspects of life in order for it to be effective. The ten principles are:
Prestonwood Christian Academy competes in the 6A classification of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools.
Volleyball, basketball, baseball and golf are also played by students at the school.

Notable alumni