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Enrollment
693
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113965
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory
3802 E RUBEN TORRES SR BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 832-5300 · Cameron County
GRADES 06–11HIGH12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
16.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
629 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 | 139 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 137 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 13% |
Student demographics
11%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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 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 up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 33.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% | 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 year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Robindale College Preparatory
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Robindale College Preparatory this school | 693 | 90.8% | 45.8% |
| IDEA Rio Grande City College Preparatory RIO GRANDE CITY | 695 | 90.1% | 50.7% |
| IDEA Elsa College Preparatory ELSA | 737 | 90.6% | 46.8% |
| IDEA College Preparatory Mission MISSION | 798 | 91.0% | 45.1% |
| IDEA College Preparatory San Juan SAN JUAN | 741 | 89.2% | 42.4% |
| IDEA North Mission College Preparatory MISSION | 756 | 92.2% | 55.7% |
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 Robindale College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #966 of 1,385 | #17 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #951 of 1,425 ▼ 246 | #18 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #954 of 1,425 ▼ 185 | #19 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #70 of 1,184 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #747 of 2,107 | #17 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #916 of 1,344 | #21 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #1,202 of 1,346 | #5 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #164 of 1,522 | #10 of 28 |
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
693
+445 (+179%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 693 | 43.3 | 16.0:1 | 91% (629) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 36.5 | 15.7:1 | 90% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 24.6 | 19.8:1 | 92% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 11 | 22.6:1 | 84% (209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Robindale College Preparatory.
About IDEA Robindale College Preparatory
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is a medium-sized high school with an address in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. The grade span is 6 through 11, and enrollment is 693 students.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools with a combined 79,430 students. IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is one of them.
At IDEA Robindale College Preparatory, Hispanic students make up 94% of the student body. It is also 4% White. By the diversity index, IDEA Robindale College Preparatory comes in at 11%.
The count of teachers at IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is 43.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.0:1. Among high schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school counts 629 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 91%.
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (45.8%) and its predicted rate (34.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Cameron County has about 426,120 residents, and median household income is about $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. Federal data list 187 public schools in Cameron County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,392.
IDEA Robindale Academy is the public school closest to IDEA Robindale College Preparatory, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, IDEA Robindale College Preparatory ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is City: Mid-size. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Federal data put enrollment at 248 in 2020-21 and 693 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The number of students per teacher fell from 22.6 to 16.0 over 4 years.
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Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 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 BROWNSVILLE
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Robindale Academy0.0 mi · 699
- Gonzalez Elementary School0.6 mi · 596
- Pena Elementary School1.1 mi · 501
- Perkins Middle School1.3 mi · 480
- Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville1.3 mi · 498
- Hudson Elementary School1.4 mi · 751
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Robindale College PreparatoryWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Robindale College Preparatory?
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 06-11.
What age range does IDEA Robindale College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory serves students from grade 06 through grade 11.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA Robindale College Preparatory?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is approximately 16.0:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at IDEA Robindale College Preparatory?
Student demographics at IDEA Robindale College Preparatory are roughly 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees IDEA Robindale College Preparatory?
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory is overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.