IDEA RISE ACADEMY

As a moderately sized K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, IDEA RISE ACADEMY serves 681 students from grades K through 5, run under IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 519.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA RISE ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Black, 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA RISE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which IDEA RISE ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is IDEA RISE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA RISE ACADEMY comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. IDEA RISE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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