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IDEA Najim College Preparatory

926 S WW WHITE RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78220 · (210) 239-4900 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Texas public high schools
  • CTest 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.
  • DThree-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 high schools

Enrollment
474
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
425 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 611324%
Grade 710021%
Grade 89119%
Grade 96514%
Grade 10398%
Grade 11347%
Grade 12327%
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
92%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
32168%
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
13228%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
24251%
Female
23249%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading21.0%28.0%22.0%29.0%
Mathematics13.0%23.0%35.0%29.0%
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 yearReadingMathematics
2025-2649.0%36.0%
2024-2548.0%34.0%
2023-2455.0%37.0%
2022-2359.0%32.0%
2021-2251.0%59.0%
2020-2156.0%39.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% 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 Najim College Preparatory

IDEA Najim College Preparatory's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
IDEA Najim College Preparatory this school47489.7%44.4%
KIPP Houston High School
HOUSTON
64289.9%61.7%
Uplift Wisdom Prep High School
DALLAS
35185.8%39.4%
KIPP Northeast College Preparatory
HOUSTON
61494.1%38.3%
KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy
BALCH SPRINGS
61893.4%30.1%
IDEA Rise College Preparatory
FORT WORTH
59886.8%54.8%
Matched among Texas high 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 Najim College Preparatory ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn TexasIn Bexar County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.4%#1,008 of 1,385#50 of 81
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.0%#927 of 1,425
▼ 68
#38 of 82
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
49.0%#988 of 1,425
▼ 68
#49 of 82
▼ 4
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-3.0pp#76 of 1,184#7 of 75
Enrollment
ranked largest first
474#932 of 2,107#64 of 128
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.5:1#636 of 1,344#18 of 78
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
46.3%#784 of 1,346#34 of 79
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
89.7%#196 of 1,522#13 of 90
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
474
+318 (+204%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2547432.714.5:190% (425)
2023-244412716.4:189% (393)
2022-233882316.9:194% (365)
2020-211561411.1:194% (146)
2017-181017.513.5:188% (89)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Najim College Preparatory.

Since 2017-18: students up 369% (101 to 474); teachers up 338% (7.5 to 32.7).

About IDEA Najim College Preparatory

In SAN ANTONIO, Texas, IDEA Najim College Preparatory is a small high school. School enrollment was 474 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (125 schools, 79,430 students) runs IDEA Najim College Preparatory.

At IDEA Najim College Preparatory, Hispanic students make up 68% of the student body. After that, the student body is 28% Black. Census figures show Bexar County is about 60% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

IDEA Najim College Preparatory employs 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.5:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 90% in 2024-25. The 63% average for public schools in Bexar County is 27 points lower.

The allk12 Grade for IDEA Najim College Preparatory is C. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, IDEA Najim College Preparatory falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 44.4% actual against 35.4% predicted.

IDEA Najim College Preparatory is located in Bexar County, where the median household income is $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IDEA Najim College Preparatory is one of 638 public schools in the county.

IDEA Najim Academy is the public school closest to IDEA Najim College Preparatory, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. IDEA Najim College Preparatory's average proficiency of 44.4% compares with 21.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.

The federal government classifies IDEA Najim College Preparatory's location as City: Large. NCES lists IDEA Najim College Preparatory as a charter school.

Federal records list enrollment at IDEA Najim College Preparatory as 156 in 2020-21 and 474 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.

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Bexar County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
IDEA Najim College Preparatory
District
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Address
926 S WW WHITE RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78220
Phone
(210) 239-4900
County
Bexar County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
474
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
14.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
425 (90%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
480021113660
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About IDEA Najim College Preparatory
What is the total enrollment at IDEA Najim College Preparatory?
IDEA Najim College Preparatory enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does IDEA Najim College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Najim College Preparatory serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Najim College Preparatory?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at IDEA Najim College Preparatory.
How diverse is IDEA Najim College Preparatory?
IDEA Najim College Preparatory reports a student body of 2% White, 68% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is IDEA Najim College Preparatory public or private?
IDEA Najim College Preparatory is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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