📍 6650 Old Alice Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78526
Idea Sports Park Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 481 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Richard Bell. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Sports Park Academy enrolls 481 students across grades K–4. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 438 | 91% |
| White | 38 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
429 of the school's 481 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 414 qualify for free lunch and 15 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 Sports Park Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 27, state house district 38.
Idea Sports Park 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 481 students, Idea Sports Park 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: Rural - Fringe
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