Are You Looking For An Affordable Christian School?

Are you looking for a Collegiate-Style Hybrid school?

Welcome Message

Hello and thank you for taking the time to visit our website to learn more about our amazing school community. In full transparency, Wax Prep is really not “ours”, but instead belongs to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and we give it to Him every day that we are in operation.

Our collegiate-hybrid model is a beautiful one and works seamlessly with parents that want to homeschool their children and at the same time want to partner with a local Christian school that provides leadership, direction, academic professionalism, and shares the vision that parents are ultimately responsible for their children’s education.

In the Fall of 2025, we begin our 25th Anniversary Year and could not be more excited about our current status, direction, and the growth we feel God is breathing into our school. An upcoming location change for our campus in the Summer of 2025 will start the final steps in the long journey to our permanent home.

We would love the opportunity to discuss with you in-person the numerous stories from our families and students as to why Wax Prep continues to be the greatest choice in the area when it comes to truly partnering with parents in the education of your children.

I look forward to meeting you soon.

Spiritual Growth


Seeking to have character
“caught & taught” through our
chapels, prayer ministries,
student events, missions, and
service outreach.

Healthy Families


Building healthy families by
honoring the authority of
parents through equipping
discipleship, and by
encouraging families to be
deeply connected to their
local church.

Rigorous Academics


Curriculum is evaluated
annually for relevance and
effectiveness and students are
equipped to enter not only
college life but the world
in general.

Active School Culture

The best home school
education with activities that
traditional approaches cannot
provide. Participate in athletics
as a member of the Texas
Association of Private and
Parochial Schools (TAPPS)
in Division 1A.

Mission Statement

Partnering with parents to provide Christ-centered education.

Vision

To create lifelong learners with a Kingdom mindset.

Statement of Faith

Full document HERE.

History

In July, 2000, two Ellis County families, recognizing the need for an independent and distinctively Christian School in the community, began the difficult task of planning and working to start a new school. Their work, their prayers, their sacrifice and their service resulted in the opening of Waxahachie Preparatory Academy (WPA), a Collegiate-Style Hybrid School, in the fall of 2001.

WPA initially utilized space leased from Waxahachie Bible Church. In June of 2012, the school moved to its new home, Heritage Baptist Church. We enjoyed a fulfilling ten years at this location before making our move to Pathway Baptist Church in Waxahachie, our current home.

Waxahachie Prep became a certified school in 2003 and was re-certified on several occasions since then. We achieved full accreditation with SACS (The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; now known as Cognia) in 2008 and re-accredited in 2013 and 2018.

The passion and vision that birthed the school in 2001 remains strong as WPA approaches 25 years of serving the Christian families in our community. WPA alumni can be found, literally, across the nation and around the world, serving their community, their country, the Body of Christ, and their fellow man.

We Are A Fully Accredited
Collegiate-Style Hybrid School

Traditional Schooling & Values of Home Education Combined

A Collegiate-Style Hybrid School is the solution many parents are seeking as an educational alternative for their children. This approach to education takes the best attributes of home schooling and combines them with the best attributes of traditional Christian education. In so doing, a Collegiate-Style Hybrid School preserves and maintains the God-ordained family relationship, while offering students the opportunity to achieve a high degree of academic excellence.

Goals of this type of school

The immediate goal of the Collegiate-Style Hybrid Model educational system is quality, cost-effective, college-preparatory education accomplished in a way that gives parents more time for imparting the faith and values they hold precious. The ultimate goal is that of producing wholesome, competent men and women of character who make a positive difference for Christ in the next generation.

More Electives, AP, & Dual Credit Courses than any other accredited
Christian School in Ellis County

Are you concerned about sacrificing a biblical worldview approach to your high school student’s Dual Credit education opportunities?

Are you looking for a family friendly small school that doesn’t sacrifice the academic opportunities of a large school?

Do you have a highly motivated student who needs to be challenged?

 
 

Accreditation

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Waxahachie Prep was accredited by ACSI, the Association of Christian Schools International in 2020. Waxahachie Prep also received the original accreditation through SACS / CASI in 2008 and was re-accredited by AdvancED in 2013 and 2018.