📍 5816 Wilcab Rd, Austin, Travis County, 78721
Idea Health Professions College Preparatory is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 264 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kristen Kent. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–9 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Health Professions College Preparatory enrolls 264 students across grades 6–9. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 14% |
| White | 21 | 8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 264 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 230 qualify for free lunch and 5 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 College Preparatory 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 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 264 students, Idea Health Professions College Preparatory 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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