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What's the one class at IDEA BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY every student should take?
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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021112684
IDEA Brownsville Academy
4395 PAREDES LINE RD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78526 · (956) 832-5150 · Cameron County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
574 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 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
10%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Brownsville Academy
IDEA Brownsville Academy's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Brownsville Academy this school | 702 | 81.8% | 47.3% |
| IDEA Academy San Benito SAN BENITO | 685 | 80.3% | 50.1% |
| Somerset Elementary School SOMERSET | 716 | 82.8% | 55.6% |
| Harmony School of Excellence - El Paso EL PASO | 682 | 81.1% | 61.9% |
| IDEA Owassa Academy PHARR | 699 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| Hudson Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 751 | 81.0% | 58.7% |
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 Brownsville Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,697 of 4,401 | #41 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,041 of 4,466 ▼ 1,158 | #80 of 93 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,334 of 4,466 ▼ 570 | #58 of 93 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #234 of 3,998 | #3 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #906 of 4,938 | #10 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #4,426 of 4,622 | #89 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #4,122 of 4,628 | #19 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #1,810 of 4,789 | #70 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #1,265 of 1,307 | #21 of 22 |
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
702
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 27.3:1
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 | 702 | 35.6 | 19.7:1 | 82% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 31 | 22.4:1 | 81% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 31.4 | 22.3:1 | 84% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 26 | 27.3:1 | 75% (532) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 37.6 | 18.6:1 | 86% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 26 | 26.5:1 | 84% (579) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Brownsville Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (698 to 702); teachers down 5% (37.6 to 35.6).
About IDEA Brownsville Academy
IDEA Brownsville Academy is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 702 students. It has 35% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
IDEA Brownsville Academy is one school in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a system of 125 schools with 79,430 students.
By race and ethnicity, IDEA Brownsville Academy is 95% Hispanic. Next come 5% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
The school lists 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 574 students, or 82%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cameron County average a similar 84%.
On the allk12 Grade, IDEA Brownsville Academy lands at B, ahead of 62% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, IDEA Brownsville Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.3% actual against a predicted 38.8%.
In Cameron County, the median household earns about $52,601 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Cameron County has 187 public schools with about 97,392 students, including IDEA Brownsville Academy.
IDEA Brownsville Academy is less than a tenth of a mile from IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, IDEA Brownsville Academy is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
IDEA Brownsville Academy is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size. IDEA Brownsville Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (710) and 2024-25 (702). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 19.7:1, from 27.3:1.
The allk12 page for IDEA Brownsville Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 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 BROWNSVILLE
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory0.0 mi · 783
- Paredes Elementary School0.5 mi · 798
- Vela Middle School0.5 mi · 658
- Burns Elementary School0.8 mi · 651
- Promesa College Prep Brownsville0.8 mi · 185
- Gallegos Elementary School1.0 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Brownsville AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Brownsville Academy?
IDEA Brownsville Academy enrolls approximately 702 students in grades KG-05.
Is IDEA Brownsville Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
IDEA Brownsville Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does IDEA Brownsville Academy have?
IDEA Brownsville Academy employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Brownsville Academy?
Student demographics at IDEA Brownsville Academy are roughly 5% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is IDEA Brownsville Academy public or private?
IDEA Brownsville Academy 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.