IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY

Located at 1701 VARGAS RD, in AUSTIN, Texas, IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY is an average-sized elementary-level community that teaches 694 students (grades K through 5), overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 34% bigger than typical.

IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that enrolls 79,430 students overall.

On the student-mix side, IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY reports that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 5% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is IDEA MONTOPOLIS COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. IDEA MONTOPOLIS ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 704 students in 2018 compared to 694 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.