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Crowley Collegiate Academy (CCA) provides high school-age students a “seamless” pathway from high school to college using a school within a school model. Housed in a separate wing of the Bill R. Johnson Career & Technology Education Center, which is the TCC South Crowley Campus, CCA offers our scholars assimilation into college coursework in an environment of support. This integration requires dual enrollment, with each scholar demonstrating mastery of the knowledge and skills necessary for success (TSI-A and other requisite tests). Admission in CCA is based upon the student's individual desire to learn at a higher level and accelerate their education while in high school.

Students with this desire who are identified as at-risk or from a student group typically underrepresented in higher education will receive priority in the open application & lottery system. For more information on our application and lottery, please see Getting Started.

Scholars who graduate from the CCA have the opportunity to earn their high school diploma, accumulate up to 63 college credits and earn an Associate Degree, transferable to a senior college/university or leading to employment. CCA provides strong support to scholars and their families to obtain entrance to, and success in, college or the workplace.

Please note that the 2023-24 CCA application is now closed. If you are interested in joining the waitlist, please apply using this link: 2023-24 CCA Waitlist Application.

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What is an Early College High School?

SB 1146, 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, amended the TEC, §29.908, establishing the early college education program for students who are at risk of dropping out of school or who wish to accelerate completion of the high school program. Rider 59 of Senate Bill 1, also passed by the 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, authorizes the use of funds for programs that show the most potential to improve high school.

The early college education program is to provide for a course of study that enables a participating student to combine high school courses and college-level courses during Grades 9-12. On or before the fifth anniversary of a student's first day of high school, a participating student must be able to receive both a high school diploma and either an associate degree or at least 60 credit hours toward a baccalaureate degree. TEC, §29.908, authorizes the commissioner to adopt rules as necessary to establish the early college education program.
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