IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY

IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a mid-sized 9-12 campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school enrolls 724 students in grades 6 through 12.

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

In terms of who attends, IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 4% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY higher than the state norm the norm. About 77% 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.2%; IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY posts 57.9%, +17.6 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA WALZEM ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. IDEA WALZEM COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 65%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 724 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window.

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