📍 2800 S Dakota Ave, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Idea Frontier College Preparatory is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 759 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yadhira Flores. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Frontier College Preparatory enrolls 759 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 753 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
689 of the school's 759 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 668 qualify for free lunch and 21 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 College Preparatory 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 College Preparatory 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 759 students, Idea Frontier College Preparatory 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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