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What's the biggest difference between IDEA RISE COLLEGE PREPARATORY and what you expected?
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Enrollment
598
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113953
IDEA Rise College Preparatory
3000 S CHERRY LN, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 885-4150 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–11HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
519 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 144 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 135 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 9% |
Student demographics
56%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 34.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 77.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 College Preparatory
IDEA Rise College Preparatory's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Rise College Preparatory this school | 598 | 86.8% | 54.8% |
| LBJ Early College High School AUSTIN | 734 | 88.6% | 29.6% |
| La Vega High School WACO | 881 | 88.3% | 37.8% |
| Western Hills High School FORT WORTH | 854 | 88.2% | 27.8% |
| IDEA Najim College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 474 | 89.7% | 44.4% |
| KIPP Houston High School HOUSTON | 642 | 89.9% | 61.7% |
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 Rise College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #658 of 1,385 | #28 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #900 of 1,425 ▼ 389 | #44 of 76 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #891 of 1,425 ▼ 296 | #46 of 76 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -31.0pp | #4 of 1,184 | #1 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #811 of 2,107 | #57 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #513 of 1,344 | #18 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #465 of 1,346 | #54 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #262 of 1,522 | #22 of 82 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
598
+359 (+150%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 598 | 43.6 | 13.7:1 | 87% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 28.4 | 19.8:1 | 89% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 26.7 | 16.8:1 | 94% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 10 | 23.9:1 | 88% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Rise College Preparatory.
About IDEA Rise College Preparatory
IDEA Rise College Preparatory is a high school in FORT WORTH, Texas, and it is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A federal count lists 598 students at the school, in grades 6 through 11. Average enrollment for high schools in Texas is about 796, so this school runs 25% smaller than that.
IDEA Rise College Preparatory is in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district with 79,430 students across 125 schools.
A majority of students at IDEA Rise College Preparatory, 59%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 30% Black and 8% White. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 30% share among Tarrant County residents. IDEA Rise College Preparatory has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.7:1 comes from the school's 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 87% of students at IDEA Rise College Preparatory as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 24 points.
Measured against Texas public high schools, IDEA Rise College Preparatory receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, IDEA Rise College Preparatory is among the top 10% of schools in Texas. Predicted: 36.6%. Actual: 54.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Tarrant County show that median household income is about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. IDEA Rise College Preparatory is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County, which together enroll about 385,835 students.
The shortest distance from IDEA Rise College Preparatory to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to IDEA Rise Academy. The five-mile area around IDEA Rise College Preparatory holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 35.2%, lower than IDEA Rise College Preparatory's 54.8%.
IDEA Rise College Preparatory is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 239 students at IDEA Rise College Preparatory; in 2024-25, 598. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
The IDEA Rise College Preparatory community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
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Other schools in FORT WORTH
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- 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 Academy0.0 mi · 681
- 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 College PreparatoryHow many students attend IDEA Rise College Preparatory?
IDEA Rise College Preparatory enrolls approximately 598 students in grades 06-11.
What grades does IDEA Rise College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Rise College Preparatory serves grades 06-11.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA Rise College Preparatory?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA Rise College Preparatory is approximately 13.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is IDEA Rise College Preparatory?
IDEA Rise College Preparatory reports a student body of 8% White, 59% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Rise College Preparatory in?
IDEA Rise College Preparatory is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.