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IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 125 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 13% |
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 34.0% | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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%.
Schools most like IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory
IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory this school | 543 | 85.8% | 48.8% |
| Galena Park ISD Career & Technical ECHS HOUSTON | 487 | 86.2% | 74.1% |
| Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School AUSTIN | 554 | 88.3% | 26.6% |
| World Languages Institute FORT WORTH | 520 | 83.1% | 43.6% |
| IDEA Bluff Springs College Preparatory AUSTIN | 689 | 85.2% | 37.2% |
| Compass Rose Legacy SAN ANTONIO | 530 | 84.5% | 29.3% |
Where IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #866 of 1,385 | #47 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #515 of 1,425 ▼ 6 | #19 of 82 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #467 of 1,425 ▲ 210 | #28 of 82 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #999 of 1,184 | #57 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #852 of 2,107 | #57 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #870 of 1,344 | #41 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #1,096 of 1,346 | #52 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #284 of 1,522 | #20 of 90 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 543 | 34.3 | 15.8:1 | 86% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 36.1 | 13.9:1 | 86% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 31.1 | 14.0:1 | 92% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 87% (279) |
About IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory
Federal records list IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory as a high school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The school enrolls 543 students, from grades 6 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory falls under IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 125 schools enrolling 79,430 students.
IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory's enrollment is 88% Hispanic. It is also 5% White and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Bexar County is roughly 60% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.8:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. Public schools in Bexar County average 63%.
Measured against Texas public high schools, IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.8%; the prediction is 37.0%.
Bexar County has about 2,067,341 residents, and the median household income is $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Bexar County has 638 public schools and roughly 368,487 students.
The closest public school to IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory is IDEA Ingram Hills Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment was 319 in 2020-21 and 543 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Students per teacher fell from 21.3 in 2020-21 to 15.8 in 2024-25.
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