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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021112418
IDEA Academy Alamo
325 KANSAS RD, ALAMO, TX 78516 · (956) 588-4005 · Hidalgo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
685 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IDEA Academy Alamo
IDEA Academy Alamo's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Academy Alamo this school | 698 | 98.1% | 36.3% |
| IDEA Palmview Academy MISSION | 705 | 97.9% | 30.3% |
| IDEA Academy DONNA | 744 | 97.3% | 36.1% |
| Marcus Leadership Academy DALLAS | 718 | 98.5% | 25.7% |
| Julian T Saldivar Elementary School DALLAS | 755 | 98.8% | 24.6% |
| Moreno Elementary School HOUSTON | 697 | 96.7% | 45.2% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IDEA Academy Alamo ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #3,027 of 4,401 | #142 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,932 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #147 of 183 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,082 of 4,466 ▼ 301 | #136 of 183 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,104 of 3,998 | #94 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #928 of 4,938 | #25 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #4,539 of 4,622 | #175 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #4,081 of 4,628 | #20 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #166 of 4,789 | #14 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #1,160 of 2,838 | #55 of 128 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
698
-157 (-18%) vs 2020
+565% since 2010-11, when it was 105
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 28.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 698 | 31.9 | 21.9:1 | 98% (685) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 29.8 | 23.6:1 | 95% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 34.8 | 23.1:1 | 97% (775) |
| 2020-21 | 855 | 30 | 28.5:1 | 94% (807) |
| 2017-18 | 874 | 40.7 | 21.5:1 | 94% (823) |
| 2015-16 | 821 | 19 | 43.2:1 | 96% (786) |
| 2010-11 | 105 | 6 | 17.5:1 | 89% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Academy Alamo.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (874 to 698); teachers down 22% (40.7 to 31.9).
About IDEA Academy Alamo
IDEA Academy Alamo sits in ALAMO, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment stands at 698 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 34% above the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools with a combined 79,430 students. IDEA Academy Alamo is one of them.
Of every 100 students at IDEA Academy Alamo, about 94 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% White. Census estimates put Hidalgo County at about 92% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
IDEA Academy Alamo reports a ratio of 21.9 students per teacher, from 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 6.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at IDEA Academy Alamo, 98% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Hidalgo County, the average eligibility rate is 85%.
IDEA Academy Alamo holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Texas public elementary schools.
IDEA Academy Alamo posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.3%, compared with a predicted 31.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Hidalgo County, where median household income comes to about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County counts 364 public schools with about 212,859 students.
The closest school to IDEA Academy Alamo is IDEA College Preparatory Alamo, located less than a tenth of a mile away. IDEA Academy Alamo is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: IDEA Academy Alamo ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 36.3% versus a 42.6% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
From 855 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 698 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 21.9 students per teacher, compared with 28.5 in 2020-21.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in ALAMO
- Psja Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vanguard MozartCombined · 1,236 students
- Audie Murphy Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- IDEA College Preparatory AlamoHigh · 737 students
- Augusto Guerra Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
- John McKeever Elementary SchoolElementary · 699 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA College Preparatory Alamo0.0 mi · 737
- Augusto Guerra Elementary School0.8 mi · 731
- Audie Murphy Middle School1.1 mi · 790
- Santos Livas Elementary School1.3 mi · 515
- Capt D Salinas II Elementary School1.4 mi · 457
- Vanguard Mozart1.6 mi · 1,236
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Academy AlamoHow many students attend IDEA Academy Alamo?
IDEA Academy Alamo enrolls approximately 698 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does IDEA Academy Alamo serve?
IDEA Academy Alamo serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA Academy Alamo?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA Academy Alamo is approximately 21.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at IDEA Academy Alamo?
Student demographics at IDEA Academy Alamo are roughly 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is IDEA Academy Alamo public or private?
IDEA Academy Alamo is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.