High · Texas

IDEA Frontier College Preparatory

CharterFree meals for all

IDEA Frontier College Preparatory, a public high school in Brownsville, Texas: grades 6–12, 781 students, 15.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of IDEA Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 781
Teachers (FTE): 50.0
Students per teacher: 15.6
Grades: 6–12; High

More students per teacher than 67% of high schools in Texas

Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared

More students per teacher than 58% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 67% of high schools in Texas

Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared

Larger than 68% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

53%proficient

−8.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 52% of high schools in Texas

Median 53% · 314 high schools compared

388 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

35%proficient

−9.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 50% of high schools in Texas

Median 34% · 308 high schools compared

263 students tested, grades 6, 7 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: IDEA Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with IDEA Public Schools.

Location

Address: 2800 S Dakota Ave, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)541-2002
City or town: Brownsville
County: Cameron County

Website Quality of life in Brownsville Schools in Brownsville

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Lopez Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	1,739	13.9	—	—	0.3 mi
Porter Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	1,543	13.8	—	—	3.5 mi
Rivera Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	2,150	15.8	—	—	3.8 mi
Brownsville Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	311	20.2	—	—	4.3 mi
IDEA Robindale College PreparatoryCharterFree meals for all	6–11	693	16.0	51%	28%	4.6 mi
Hanna Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	2,039	14.9	—	—	4.9 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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