IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY

IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY is a moderately sized elementary-level community in FORT WORTH, Texas, one of the schools within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school hosts 708 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that instructs 79,430 students overall.

In terms of who attends, IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 35% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 37.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).

IDEA EDGECLIFF COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. IDEA EDGECLIFF ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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