📍 3000 S Cherry Ln, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, 76116
Idea Rise Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The school has 698 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Paul Tudor. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Rise Academy enrolls 698 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 39% Black or African American and 7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 353 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 272 | 39% |
| White | 49 | 7% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
649 of the school's 698 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 558 qualify for free lunch and 91 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 Rise 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 12, state house district 97.
Idea Rise 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 698 students, Idea Rise 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