Founded in 1999,[2] DCA serves students from kindergarten through12th grade.[3] In 1999, it had ninety-five students in grades 1–10.[2] In the 2007-2008 school year, the number of students was 278.[4] As of 2007, DCA has twenty-three teachers and astudent–teacher ratio of 12.1.[4]
Denton Calvary Academy's school year has 96 days. Each school day is 7.8 hours.[4]
Portions of some school districts extend into other counties. Some school districts serving Denton County (Celina ISD,Era ISD,Prosper ISD, andSlidell ISD) do not operate high schools in the county.