IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY

IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in AUSTIN, Texas, part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, instructing 694 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 125 schools and 79,430 students, IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.0%; this one delivers 31.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY has climbed 15%, going from 601 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 85% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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