📍 10434 Marbach Rd, San Antonio, Bexar County, 78245
Idea Burke Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Antonio, Bexar County. The school has 610 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tiffany Langbein. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Burke Academy enrolls 610 students across grades K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 26.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 9.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 450 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 13% |
| White | 60 | 9.8% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
421 of the school's 610 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 292 qualify for free lunch and 129 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 Burke Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 26, state house district 124.
Idea Burke 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 610 students, Idea Burke 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: Suburb - Large