📍 2800 S Dakota Ave, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Idea Frontier Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dora Cordova. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Frontier Academy enrolls 818 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 802 | 98% |
| White | 15 | 1.8% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
773 of the school's 818 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 740 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Idea Frontier Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 37.
Idea Frontier Academy is one of 123 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in WESLACO, Texas. The district serves 79,430 students district-wide and employs 3,841 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 818 students, Idea Frontier Academy is larger than the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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