IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY

IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 704 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 36% bigger than typical.

Within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 125 schools and 79,430 students, IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

In the surrounding community, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY has increased 88%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 704 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.