IDEA ACADEMY

Set in DONNA, Texas, IDEA ACADEMY is a reasonably sized elementary campus, operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It serves 744 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 79,430 students. IDEA ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, IDEA ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest comes out to 4% White. That composition is broadly in line with Hidalgo County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at IDEA ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which IDEA ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is IDEA COLLEGE PREP, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA ACADEMY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

IDEA ACADEMY operates from a commuter-belt location. IDEA ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. IDEA ACADEMY's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 903 (now 744).

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