Total enrollment
79,430
+17,272 (+28%) vs SY 2020-21
125 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Texas · 79,430 students · 28 cities
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS is a public-school district inside Texas, running 125 K-12 schools with combined enrollment of roughly 79,430 students, broken out as 62 elementary, 16 middle, and 47 high.
4-year change in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
125
+14 (+13%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #363 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 79,430 | #7 of 760 | #42 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 125 | #5 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #728 of 758 | #7,886 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 82.9% | #99 of 750 | #1,055 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #474 of 557 | #5,137 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State test results across the district's 123 scored schools run from IDEA Quest College Preparatory at 70.1% proficient to IDEA Hardy Academy at 21.2%, a gap of 49.0 points. That is the 74th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 61 district schools that reported both years went from 35,595 to 41,837 students (up 18%) and from 1,908 to 2,276 full-time teachers (up 19%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS is an average-sized Texas school district running 125 schools with combined enrollment near 79,430.
On the school-mix side, IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS spans 62 elementary, 16 middle, and 47 high schools.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment expanded 28%: 62,158 students in SY 2020-21 versus 79,430 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 111 to 125 across the same 4-year window.
On allk12, the community for IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.