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IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY
IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in ROUND ROCK, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 718 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that educates 79,430 students overall.
Looking at the student body, IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 22% Black, 14% White, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.0%; this one delivers 54.2%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.6%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site. IDEA ROUND ROCK TECH ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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