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Idea Frontier Academy

Idea Frontier Academy, a public charter school, serves grades K–5 for 688 students in Idea Public Schools.

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It is the 4th largest of the 5 Idea Public Schools elementary schools in Brownsville. Its 22.9 students per teacher compares with a median of 22.6 for those schools. Enrollment fell from 832 in 2019–20 to 688 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 5, with 125 students. 95% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (628 free, 26 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021–22.

At a glance

Idea Frontier Academy by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

GradesK–5
Students688
Teachers30
Students per teacher22.9
Free or reduced-price lunch95%
School typeCharter · Regular School
DistrictIdea Public Schools
Title ISchoolwide program (2021–22)
Enrollment

Students at Idea Frontier Academy

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • K103
  • 1115
  • 2121
  • 3103
  • 4121
  • 5125
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–20832
  • 2020–21884
  • 2021–22821
  • 2022–23818
  • 2023–24688
Contact

Address, phone and official links

2800 S DAKOTA AVE, Brownsville 78521

(956) 541-2002

School website ↗Idea Public Schools website ↗TXschools.gov report cards ↗NCES school record ↗Directions ↗

State school ID 108807103 (search it on TXschools.gov) · NCES ID 480021111384

Idea Public Schools

Other elementary schools in the district

All schools
K–5Idea Robindale Academy701 studentsK–5Idea Riverview Academy738 studentsK–5Idea Brownsville Academy694 studentsK–5Idea Sports Park Academy592 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

High school · Next doorIdea Frontier College PreparatoryGrades 6–12High school · 0.3 miLopez Early College H SGrades 9–12Middle school · 1.0 miBesteiro MiddleGrades 6–8Middle school · 2.4 miLucio MiddleGrades 6–8Middle school · 3.3 miPerkins MiddleGrades 6–8High school · 3.5 miPorter Early College H SGrades 9–12

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.

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