IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY

IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, a moderately sized 9-12 campus in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, educates 783 students, covering grades 6 through 12.

Within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 125 schools and 79,430 students, IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 60.6%, a residual of +21.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cameron County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IDEA BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY has rose 13%, going from 694 students in 2018 to 783 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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