IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It hosts 680 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 519.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY lists that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% White, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

IDEA SOUTH FLORES COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. IDEA SOUTH FLORES ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 873 students in 2018 compared to 680 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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