IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY

IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a tight-knit 9-12 campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 474 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that caters to 79,430 students overall.

Demographically, IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

The closest other public school is IDEA NAJIM ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 20.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORY has ticked up 369%, going from 101 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025.

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