📍 5816 Wilcab Rd, Austin, Travis County, 78721
Idea Health Professions Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 286 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kristen Kent. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Health Professions Academy enrolls 286 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 20% Black or African American and 7.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 203 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 20% |
| White | 21 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
253 of the school's 286 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 247 qualify for free lunch and 6 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 Health Professions 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 14, state house district 46.
Idea Health Professions 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 286 students, Idea Health Professions Academy is smaller than the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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