IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY

As a compact senior high in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY hosts 457 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 79,430 students. IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY shows that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household earnings sit near $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one.

IDEA SPORTS PARK ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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