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
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 31 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 36 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 25% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 29.0% | 19.0% | 47.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 20.0% | 42.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 →
Schools most like Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy this school | 149 | 85.2% | 38.2% |
| Citylab High School DALLAS | 150 | 81.3% | 49.1% |
| Rosie Sorrells Education and Social Services High School DALLAS | 168 | 79.2% | 82.3% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Desoto High School DESOTO | 191 | 83.2% | 38.0% |
| Uplift Wisdom Prep High School DALLAS | 351 | 85.8% | 39.4% |
| Tarrant Co College South/Fort Worth Collegiate High School FORT WORTH | 347 | 80.4% | 64.5% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,182 of 1,385 | #74 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,042 of 1,425 ▲ 13 | #69 of 100 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,336 of 1,425 ▼ 33 | #91 of 100 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #989 of 1,184 | #68 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #1,450 of 2,107 | #107 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #296 of 1,522 | #40 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.3% | #18 of 557 | #7 of 55 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
149
-105 (-41%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 149 | 9.6 | 15.6:1 | 85% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 12.8 | 14.2:1 | 83% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 20 | 10.1:1 | 83% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 82% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 22.1 | 11.9:1 | 89% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 111 | 9 | 12.3:1 | 84% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (263 to 149); teachers down 57% (22.1 to 9.6).
About Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy is a very small high school in DALLAS ISD, located in DALLAS, Texas. It has an enrollment of 149 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 81% below average.
The 240 schools of DALLAS ISD, including Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy, enroll 140,630 students.
The student body at Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy is 66% Hispanic. The school is also 25% Black and 6% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy reported 9.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is close to this figure. There are 127 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 85% of enrollment.
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Texas public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy would be expected to post about 37.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.2%.
Looking at the county, Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 771, with about 459,645 students.
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy is about 0.3 miles from Uplift Atlas Prep Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy at 4th of 9.
The NCES locale for Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy reported 254 students in 2020-21 and 149 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 12.1 in 2020-21.
The Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.