IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY

IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY, a sizable combined-grade school in MIDLAND, Texas, one of the schools within MIDLAND ISD, serves 1,298 students, covering grades pre-K through 10. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY sits 168% larger than that benchmark.

MIDLAND ISD comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 29,651 students; IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%); the rest is composed of 5% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Midland County as a whole is about 46% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Midland County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 32.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Midland County) shows that median household income runs about $92,874, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY is one of 52 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIDLAND FRESHMAN H S, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, IDEA TRAVIS ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.