📍 1930 Little York Rd, Houston, Harris County, 77093
Idea Hardy Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 726 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Juanette Green. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Hardy Academy enrolls 726 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 2.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 580 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 130 | 18% |
| White | 15 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
709 of the school's 726 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 685 qualify for free lunch and 24 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 Hardy 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 6, state house district 140.
Idea Hardy 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 726 students, Idea Hardy 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