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IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY
As a cozy four-year high school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY works with 611 students from grades 6 through 12, part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that enrolls 79,430 students overall.
Demographically, IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 5% White. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) logs that median household income runs about $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
Nearest neighbor: IDEA EWING HALSELL ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.
IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates from a high-density location. IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Five-year trend. IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORY's enrollment has rose 413% since 2018, when it stood at 119 (now 611). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.
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