IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY is a reasonably sized elementary school, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It educates 607 students across grades K through 5.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY is among them.

Demographically, IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 4% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.4%.

Across the wider county, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IDEA MONTERREY PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY operates from an inner-city location. IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA MONTERREY PARK ACADEMY has shrank 17%, going from 731 students in 2018 to 607 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

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