IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY

IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 621 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 79,430 students. IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 6% White, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Travis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA PARMER PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. As a public charter, IDEA PARMER PARK ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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