Enrollment
149
High
DISTRICT 1,023 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623013331
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY
4800 ROSS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75204 · (972) 794-6800 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
127 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
149
-114 (-43%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 11.9:1
% White
6%
was 6%
% Hispanic
66%
was 62%
% Black
25%
was 31%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by DALLAS ISD. The school hosts 149 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY sits 81% leaner than that benchmark.
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that enrolls 140,630 students overall.
On demographics, INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%; the rest reads as 25% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +4.2 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: UPLIFT ATLAS PREP PS, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY has ticked down 43%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
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- OAK CLIFF FAITH FAMILY ACADEMYCombined · 2,670 students
- BRYAN ADAMS H S LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHigh · 2,208 students
- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
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- UPLIFT ATLAS PREP PS0.3 mi · 643
- UPLIFT ATLAS PREP H S0.3 mi · 503
- UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE0.3 mi · 422
- CESAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER0.3 mi · 541
- SOLAR PREP FOR BOYS AT JOHN F KENNEDY0.3 mi · 449
- ALEX W SPENCE TALENTED/GIFTED ACADEMY0.7 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMYHow large is INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY?
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY enrolls approximately 149 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY serve?
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY.
How diverse is INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY?
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY reports a student body of 6% White, 66% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY?
INNOVATION DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
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