Enrollment
466
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113994
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory
1900 THOMAS RD, HALTOM CITY, TX 76117 · (956) 885-4700 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–11HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Texas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
405 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 11% |
Student demographics
45%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp 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 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 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% | 18.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 17.0% | 41.0% | 34.0% |
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% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Achieve College Preparatory
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Achieve College Preparatory this school | 466 | 86.9% | 51.2% |
| New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School DALLAS | 407 | 90.4% | 59.2% |
| Uplift Mighty Prep High School FORT WORTH | 402 | 88.3% | 33.4% |
| KIPP Houston High School HOUSTON | 642 | 89.9% | 61.7% |
| H S for Law and Justice HOUSTON | 391 | 82.1% | 71.0% |
| Eastside Early College High School AUSTIN | 663 | 89.1% | 25.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Achieve College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #779 of 1,385 | #36 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,203 of 1,425 ▼ 564 | #58 of 76 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,098 of 1,425 ▼ 359 | #55 of 76 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -18.5pp | #11 of 1,184 | #2 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #945 of 2,107 | #64 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #376 of 1,344 | #8 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #815 of 1,346 | #71 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #258 of 1,522 | #20 of 82 |
Ranked against other public high 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
466
+288 (+162%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 466 | 36.6 | 12.7:1 | 87% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 86% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 20.8 | 19.2:1 | 91% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 11 | 16.2:1 | 81% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Achieve College Preparatory.
About IDEA Achieve College Preparatory
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory is a public small high school in HALTOM CITY, Texas. It enrolls 466 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 11. That is 41% below the average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
In IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 125 schools enroll a combined 79,430 students.
More than half of enrollment at IDEA Achieve College Preparatory is Hispanic: 71%. Next come 22% Black and 6% White. The county population is about 30% Hispanic. The diversity index for IDEA Achieve College Preparatory is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at IDEA Achieve College Preparatory totals 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. Statewide, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Federal data show 87% of students (405) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Tarrant County.
Among Texas public high schools, IDEA Achieve College Preparatory outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory is in the top 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.6%. The school's actual rate is 51.2%, 14.6 points higher.
Census data for Tarrant County show median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, IDEA Achieve College Preparatory among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates IDEA Achieve College Preparatory from the closest public school, IDEA Achieve Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 31.4% on proficiency, and IDEA Achieve College Preparatory is above that at 51.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory reported 178 students in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.7:1, from 16.2:1.
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in HALTOM CITY
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Haltom Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Cheney Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- West Birdville Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- O H Stowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- David E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Achieve Academy0.0 mi · 585
- Birdville Elementary School1.2 mi · 479
- Bob E Griggs High School1.3 mi · 140
- West Birdville Elementary School1.4 mi · 665
- Cheney Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 696
- Haltom Middle School1.5 mi · 909
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Achieve College PreparatoryWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Achieve College Preparatory?
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-11.
What grades does IDEA Achieve College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory serves grades 06-11.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Achieve College Preparatory?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at IDEA Achieve College Preparatory.
How diverse is IDEA Achieve College Preparatory?
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory reports a student body of 6% White, 71% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees IDEA Achieve College Preparatory?
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory is overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.