Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113954
IDEA Health Professions Academy
5816 WILCAB RD, AUSTIN, TX 78721 · (512) 822-4350 · Travis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 12% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
19.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
267 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
36%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Health Professions Academy
IDEA Health Professions Academy's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Health Professions Academy this school | 294 | 90.8% | 26.5% |
| Hodges Elementary School LUBBOCK | 292 | 93.2% | 41.4% |
| Wolffarth Elementary School LUBBOCK | 282 | 94.0% | 40.3% |
| Step Charter II HOUSTON | 324 | 88.0% | 40.2% |
| Neal Elementary School BRYAN | 323 | 94.4% | 43.8% |
| Fondren Elementary School HOUSTON | 341 | 93.5% | 42.5% |
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 Health Professions Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #3,960 of 4,401 | #126 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,409 of 4,466 ▲ 206 | #113 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,631 of 4,466 ▲ 163 | #126 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,309 of 3,998 | #98 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #4,229 of 4,938 | #156 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #4,427 of 4,622 | #164 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #3,213 of 4,628 | #123 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #979 of 4,789 | #38 of 170 |
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
294
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 294 | 14.9 | 19.7:1 | 91% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 15.6 | 16.9:1 | 91% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 88% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 17 | 18.7:1 | 89% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Health Professions Academy.
About IDEA Health Professions Academy
IDEA Health Professions Academy is a small elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. Its enrollment is 294 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
IDEA Health Professions Academy is among 125 schools run by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which serves 79,430 students.
Hispanic students are 78% of those enrolled at IDEA Health Professions Academy. The next largest groups are 17% Black and 3% White. In Travis County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at IDEA Health Professions Academy are from different groups.
IDEA Health Professions Academy has 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.7:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 91%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, IDEA Health Professions Academy outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.9%. IDEA Health Professions Academy scores 26.5%.
Census data for Travis County show the median household earns about $99,611 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting IDEA Health Professions Academy, Travis County has 333 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory, is the closest to IDEA Health Professions Academy. IDEA Health Professions Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 34.5%, higher than IDEA Health Professions Academy's 26.5%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). Federal records list IDEA Health Professions Academy as a charter school.
Enrollment decreased by 8% across 4 years, from 318 in 2020-21 to 294 in 2024-25. The ratio was 18.7:1 in 2020-21 and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory0.0 mi · 376
- Norman-Sims Elementary School0.3 mi · 274
- Ortega Elementary School0.7 mi · 242
- Harris Elementary School0.8 mi · 285
- The East Austin College Prep at Southwest Key1.1 mi · 159
- The East Austin College Prep at MLK1.1 mi · 169
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Health Professions AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Health Professions Academy?
IDEA Health Professions Academy enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does IDEA Health Professions Academy serve?
IDEA Health Professions Academy serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does IDEA Health Professions Academy have?
IDEA Health Professions Academy employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Health Professions Academy?
Student demographics at IDEA Health Professions Academy are roughly 3% White, 78% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Health Professions Academy in?
IDEA Health Professions Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.