📍 926 S Ww White Rd, San Antonio, Bexar County, 78220
Idea Najim Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Antonio, Bexar County. The school has 640 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tara Hunter. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Najim Academy enrolls 640 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 33% Black or African American and 2.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 399 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 214 | 33% |
| White | 16 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
597 of the school's 640 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 575 qualify for free lunch and 22 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 Najim Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 19, state house district 120.
Idea Najim 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 640 students, Idea Najim Academy is close to the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large