1
What's the vibe like in the hallways at IDEA CARVER COLLEGE PREPARATORY right now?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
661
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021112829
IDEA Carver College Preparatory
217 ROBINSON PL, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78202 · (210) 223-8885 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
501 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 11% |
Student demographics
28%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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 36.0% | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 17 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 Carver College Preparatory
IDEA Carver College Preparatory's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Carver College Preparatory this school | 661 | 75.8% | 58.3% |
| Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School DALLAS | 604 | 79.8% | 85.3% |
| IDEA Parmer Park College Preparatory AUSTIN | 624 | 77.4% | 44.9% |
| IDEA Mays College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 748 | 70.2% | 53.5% |
| H M King High School KINGSVILLE | 918 | 74.7% | 26.8% |
| Avalos P-Tech School HOUSTON | 400 | 77.3% | 72.5% |
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 Carver College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #547 of 1,385 | #29 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #763 of 1,425 ▼ 285 | #30 of 82 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #584 of 1,425 ▼ 133 | #33 of 82 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #65 of 1,184 | #6 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #770 of 2,107 | #51 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,174 of 1,344 | #67 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #1,046 of 1,346 | #48 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #469 of 1,522 | #38 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #129 of 672 | #9 of 32 |
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
661
-83 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 661 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 76% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 41.7 | 15.4:1 | 76% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 92% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 41 | 18.1:1 | 84% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 37.5 | 13.5:1 | 78% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 89% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Carver College Preparatory.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (505 to 661); teachers down 1% (37.5 to 37).
About IDEA Carver College Preparatory
IDEA Carver College Preparatory, located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, is a low-enrollment high school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 661 students.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls 79,430 students in 125 schools, including IDEA Carver College Preparatory.
IDEA Carver College Preparatory is 84% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 60% Hispanic among all Bexar County residents. The diversity index for IDEA Carver College Preparatory is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 76% of students at IDEA Carver College Preparatory are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
Among Texas public high schools, IDEA Carver College Preparatory outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, IDEA Carver College Preparatory does better than predicted by 17.0 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.3%; the prediction is 41.3%.
The school's county is Bexar County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Bexar County's 638 public schools enroll about 368,487 students and include IDEA Carver College Preparatory.
IDEA Carver College Preparatory is less than a tenth of a mile from IDEA Carver Academy, its nearest public school. IDEA Carver College Preparatory has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. IDEA Carver College Preparatory's average proficiency of 58.3% compares with 24.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
IDEA Carver College Preparatory has an NCES locale of City: Large. IDEA Carver College Preparatory is run as a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 744 to 661, an 11% decline.
People who know IDEA Carver College Preparatory can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 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 SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Carver Academy0.0 mi · 468
- Douglass Elementary School0.6 mi · 169
- Healy-Murphy0.7 mi · 141
- Healy Murphy PK0.7 mi · 27
- Bowden Academy0.7 mi · 439
- Herff Elementary School0.9 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Carver College PreparatoryWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Carver College Preparatory?
IDEA Carver College Preparatory enrolls approximately 661 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does IDEA Carver College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Carver College Preparatory serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA Carver College Preparatory?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA Carver College Preparatory is approximately 17.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at IDEA Carver College Preparatory?
At IDEA Carver College Preparatory, the student body is approximately 6% White, 84% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Carver College Preparatory in?
IDEA Carver College Preparatory is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.