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How has IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113195
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy
222 SW 39TH ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78237 · (210) 239-4200 · Bexar County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Texas public elementary schools
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
544 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
14%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 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 | 14.0% | 18.0% | 22.0% | 46.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 12.0% | 21.0% | 62.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Monterrey Park Academy
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Monterrey Park Academy this school | 607 | 89.6% | 33.3% |
| YES Prep East End Elementary School HOUSTON | 607 | 89.5% | 40.0% |
| East Terrell Hills Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 584 | 90.9% | 27.6% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 573 | 89.2% | 34.8% |
| Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 590 | 91.0% | 34.0% |
| Hicks Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 559 | 89.8% | 49.2% |
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 Monterrey Park Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,337 of 4,401 | #180 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #4,408 of 4,466 ▼ 122 | #307 of 317 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #4,193 of 4,466 ▼ 1,024 | #281 of 317 ▼ 107 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #821 of 3,998 | #67 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #1,565 of 4,938 | #112 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,604 of 4,622 | #313 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #3,958 of 4,628 | #253 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #1,113 of 4,789 | #95 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #1,425 of 2,838 | #114 of 192 |
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
607
-122 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 33.1:1
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 | 607 | 24.4 | 24.9:1 | 90% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 25.9 | 22.7:1 | 91% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 26.2 | 25.3:1 | 90% (599) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 22 | 33.1:1 | 98% (714) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 32.8 | 22.3:1 | 89% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 88% (402) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Monterrey Park Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (731 to 607); teachers down 26% (32.8 to 24.4).
About IDEA Monterrey Park Academy
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy is an elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, and it is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment stands at 607 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy is one of the 125 schools that make up IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (79,430 students in total).
Of every 100 students at IDEA Monterrey Park Academy, about 93 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 4% White and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Bexar County is roughly 60% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
Staffing at IDEA Monterrey Park Academy comes to 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.9:1. The school's 24.9:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 90%. That rate is above the 63% average among public schools in Bexar County.
On the allk12 Grade, IDEA Monterrey Park Academy lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, IDEA Monterrey Park Academy falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 33.3% actual against 35.4% predicted.
In Bexar County, median household income comes to about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bexar County counts 638 public schools with about 368,487 students.
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy's nearest public school is IDEA Monterrey Park College Preparatory (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, IDEA Monterrey Park Academy is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns IDEA Monterrey Park Academy the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. IDEA Monterrey Park Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 122 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 33.1:1 to 24.9:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for IDEA Monterrey Park Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Monterrey Park College Preparatory0.0 mi · 743
- Stafford Elementary School0.5 mi · 102
- Stafford El Visual and Performing Arts0.5 mi · 503
- Stafford Center0.7 mi · 255
- L B Johnson Elementary School0.8 mi · 317
- E T Wrenn Middle School0.8 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Monterrey Park AcademyHow large is IDEA Monterrey Park Academy?
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy enrolls approximately 607 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does IDEA Monterrey Park Academy serve?
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does IDEA Monterrey Park Academy have?
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.9:1.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Monterrey Park Academy?
Student demographics at IDEA Monterrey Park Academy are roughly 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Monterrey Park Academy in?
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.