IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY

As a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in AUSTIN, Texas, IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY caters to 790 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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

Looking at the student body, IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%); the rest reads as 3% White. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 60.5%, a residual of +27.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA RUNDBERG ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site. IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY's enrollment has grew 114% since 2018, when it stood at 370 (now 790).

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