IDEA VICTORY

IDEA VICTORY is a K-12 campus of high-enrollment scale in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, serveing 1,316 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 273% above typical.

Across the 5 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (4,602 students total), IDEA VICTORY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, IDEA VICTORY reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 30% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IDEA VICTORY has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.3:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at IDEA VICTORY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDEA VICTORY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), IDEA VICTORY is one campus in the mix.

BROOKS DEBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA VICTORY comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, IDEA VICTORY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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