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IDEA KYLE ACADEMY
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout IDEA KYLE ACADEMY
IDEA KYLE ACADEMY is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in KYLE, Texas, run under IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school teaches 637 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so IDEA KYLE ACADEMY sits 23% above that benchmark.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA KYLE ACADEMY is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA KYLE ACADEMY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 14% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA KYLE ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hays County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, IDEA KYLE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of -6.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Hays County shows median household earnings sit near $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hays County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), of which IDEA KYLE ACADEMY is one.
IDEA KYLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA KYLE ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA KYLE ACADEMY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.
IDEA KYLE ACADEMY operates from a suburban location. IDEA KYLE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
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