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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113238
IDEA Eastside Academy
2519 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78203 · (210) 239-4800 · Bexar County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
382 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 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
34%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% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp 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 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 28.0% | 20.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% | 48.0% |
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% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Eastside Academy
IDEA Eastside Academy's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Eastside Academy this school | 392 | 97.4% | 38.0% |
| Bayles Elementary School DALLAS | 392 | 99.0% | 30.6% |
| Washington Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 381 | 99.2% | 28.2% |
| Carroll Early Childhood Campus SAN ANTONIO | 364 | 97.8% | N/A |
| Harris R P Elementary School HOUSTON | 383 | 97.7% | 26.4% |
| Gabe P Allen New Tech Academy DALLAS | 395 | 99.2% | 37.3% |
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 Eastside Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,825 of 4,401 | #143 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,034 of 4,466 ▼ 1,015 | #252 of 317 ▼ 91 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,337 of 4,466 ▲ 444 | #132 of 317 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,507 of 3,998 | #100 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #3,545 of 4,938 | #250 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #4,582 of 4,622 | #308 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #3,284 of 4,628 | #167 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #239 of 4,789 | #20 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.5% | #286 of 2,838 | #23 of 192 |
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
392
-277 (-41%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 27.9:1
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 | 392 | 16.9 | 23.2:1 | 97% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 17.6 | 24.2:1 | 97% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 22.8 | 21.7:1 | 96% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 24 | 27.9:1 | 94% (626) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 30.2 | 20.1:1 | 93% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 12 | 26.8:1 | 93% (301) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Eastside Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (608 to 392); teachers down 44% (30.2 to 16.9).
About IDEA Eastside Academy
Among the schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, is IDEA Eastside Academy, a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 392 students. That is 24% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS counts 125 schools and 79,430 students, including IDEA Eastside Academy.
The share of Hispanic students at IDEA Eastside Academy is 79%, a majority. It is also 18% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Bexar County is roughly 60% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At IDEA Eastside Academy, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Bexar County report 63%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, IDEA Eastside Academy outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.1%. IDEA Eastside Academy scores 38.0%.
In the surrounding county, Bexar County, the median household earns about $72,341 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Bexar County has 638 public schools with about 368,487 students, including IDEA Eastside Academy.
Of the public schools around it, IDEA Eastside Academy is closest to IDEA Eastside College Preparatory, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.7% on proficiency, and IDEA Eastside Academy is above that at 38.0%.
The NCES locale for IDEA Eastside Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. IDEA Eastside Academy is a public charter school.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 669 students at IDEA Eastside Academy; in 2024-25, 392. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (23.2:1) than in 2020-21 (27.9:1).
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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 Eastside College Preparatory0.0 mi · 469
- Dorie Miller Elementary School0.4 mi · 314
- St Philip's College Early College High School0.6 mi · 305
- Smith Elementary School0.8 mi · 408
- Tynan Early Childhood Campus0.8 mi · 155
- Gates Elementary School1.0 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Eastside AcademyHow large is IDEA Eastside Academy?
IDEA Eastside Academy enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does IDEA Eastside Academy serve?
IDEA Eastside Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Eastside Academy?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at IDEA Eastside Academy.
How diverse is IDEA Eastside Academy?
IDEA Eastside Academy reports a student body of 3% White, 79% Hispanic, 18% Black.
What district is IDEA Eastside Academy in?
IDEA Eastside Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.