IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY

IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY, a medium-sized elementary school in HALTOM CITY, Texas, one of the schools within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teaches 585 students, covering grades K through 5.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% Black, 10% White, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Tarrant County shows median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is IDEA ACHIEVE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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