📍 4395 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78526
Idea Brownsville College Preparatory is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 762 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marco Lopez. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Brownsville College Preparatory enrolls 762 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 741 | 97% |
| White | 17 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
612 of the school's 762 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 587 qualify for free lunch and 25 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 Brownsville 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 38.
Idea Brownsville 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 762 students, Idea Brownsville 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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