IDEA HARDY ACADEMY

Located at 1930 LITTLE YORK RD, in HOUSTON, Texas, IDEA HARDY ACADEMY is a medium-sized elementary school that serves 705 students (grades K through 5), run under IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA HARDY ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 15% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA HARDY ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDEA HARDY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.5%.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. IDEA HARDY ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is IDEA HARDY COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA HARDY ACADEMY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, IDEA HARDY ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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