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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021114013
IDEA Rise Academy
3000 S CHERRY LN, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 885-4150 · Tarrant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
603 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
19.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 17.0% | 24.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 12.0% | 20.0% | 61.0% |
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 year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 31.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Rise Academy
IDEA Rise Academy's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Rise Academy this school | 681 | 88.5% | 32.0% |
| Woodlake Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 639 | 85.8% | 21.5% |
| Uplift Summit Prep PS ARLINGTON | 688 | 87.1% | 33.9% |
| Walnut Bend Elementary School HOUSTON | 587 | 90.6% | 33.7% |
| Williams Elementary School ARLINGTON | 577 | 86.1% | 37.8% |
| Meyer Elementary School HOUSTON | 680 | 88.4% | 33.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Rise Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,478 of 4,401 | #228 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,382 of 4,466 ▼ 250 | #334 of 339 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #4,139 of 4,466 ▼ 588 | #310 of 339 ▼ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.5pp | #102 of 3,998 | #11 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #1,036 of 4,938 | #45 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #4,549 of 4,622 | #345 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #1,198 of 4,628 | #159 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,224 of 4,789 | #95 of 341 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25Enrollment
681
+256 (+60%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 681 | 31 | 22.0:1 | 89% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 31.3 | 22.7:1 | 90% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 30.9 | 22.6:1 | 93% (649) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 85% (361) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Rise Academy.
About IDEA Rise Academy
IDEA Rise Academy runs as a medium-sized elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas. School enrollment was 681 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools with a combined 79,430 students. IDEA Rise Academy is one of them.
IDEA Rise Academy has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 47%. Other students are 37% Black and 12% White. By comparison, Tarrant County residents are about 30% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 31 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 22.0:1. That is 6.9 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. That is 26 points above the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
allk12 grades IDEA Rise Academy a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For IDEA Rise Academy, the prediction is 35.9% and the result is 32.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Tarrant County, the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. IDEA Rise Academy is one of 639 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to IDEA Rise Academy is IDEA Rise College Preparatory, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. IDEA Rise Academy places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, IDEA Rise Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list IDEA Rise Academy as a charter school.
The school's enrollment figures are 425 for 2020-21 and 681 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
The IDEA Rise Academy community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Rise College Preparatory0.0 mi · 598
- Western Hills Primary School0.5 mi · 393
- Western Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 499
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - West0.9 mi · 441
- Western Hills High School0.9 mi · 854
- Fine Arts Academy1.2 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Rise AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Rise Academy?
IDEA Rise Academy enrolls approximately 681 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does IDEA Rise Academy serve?
IDEA Rise Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Rise Academy?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at IDEA Rise Academy.
How diverse is IDEA Rise Academy?
IDEA Rise Academy reports a student body of 12% White, 47% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Rise Academy in?
IDEA Rise Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.