Approximately 400 students, one-fourth of the larger McCallum student body, working within an accelerated Academy Track

Highly motivated students from across the city who major in Music, Visual Arts, Dance, and Theatre Arts and work with outstanding faculty and staff in a creative and stimulating environment.

Rather than following the traditional magnet program model, which creates a "school within a school", the Fine Arts Academy model interacts academically with all of McCallum High School.

Austin American Statesman Editorial, May 11, 2005 - This Austin high school was honored as a 2005 Grammy Signature School - one of 33 nationwide. We've known for some time that McCallum's Fine Arts Academy was special. Now the rest of the country knows that, too.

Newsweek Magazine 2005 America's Best High Schools: Top 3% - Ranking is based on a ratio of the number of A.P. tests taken by all students at the school divided by the number of graduating seniors.

Austin Monthly July 2005: McCallum in TOP 10 Austin High Schools - based on the graduation rate, percentage of students taking the SAT and their scores, and percentage of students who took and passed AP or IB exams.

Southwest Regional Education Board 2005 - "Outstanding Advanced Placement School" based on percentage of students succesfully completing AP courses.

Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Juilliard, Eastman School of Music, Princeton, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute of NY, Rhode Island School of Design, Tulane, Art Institute of Chicago, New York University, Swarthmore, University of Colorado, Penn State, UCLA, Savannah College of Arts and Design, Washington University, University of Southern California, Berklee School of Music and Emerson College in Boston, Oberlin, Bishops University in Canada, The Conservatory of Art in Florence, Italy, University of Texas, Rice University and other fine schools across Texas.