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Idea Frontier College Preparatory

Idea Frontier College Preparatory, a public charter school, serves grades 6–12 for 754 students in Idea Public Schools.

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It is the 2nd largest of the 4 Idea Public Schools high schools in Brownsville. Its 15.1 students per teacher compares with a median of 14.9 for those schools. Enrollment fell from 782 in 2019–20 to 754 in 2023–24. 93% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (676 free, 23 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021–22.

At a glance

Idea Frontier College Preparatory by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

Grades6–12
Students754
Teachers50
Students per teacher15.1
Free or reduced-price lunch93%
School typeCharter · Regular School
DistrictIdea Public Schools
Title ISchoolwide program (2021–22)
Enrollment

Students at Idea Frontier College Preparatory

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • 6128
  • 7128
  • 8128
  • 9111
  • 1080
  • 1195
  • 1284
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–20782
  • 2020–21797
  • 2021–22763
  • 2022–23759
  • 2023–24754
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 108807003 (search it on TXschools.gov) · NCES ID 480021111952

Idea Public Schools

Other high schools in the district

All schools
6–12Idea Riverview College Preparatory800 students6–12Idea Brownsville College Preparatory689 students6–12Idea Sports Park College Preparatory408 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

Elementary school · Next doorIdea Frontier AcademyGrades K–5Elementary school · 1.0 miSouthmost ElGrades Pre-K–5Middle school · 1.0 miBesteiro MiddleGrades 6–8Elementary school · 1.1 miAiken ElGrades Pre-K–5Elementary school · 1.4 miPalm Grove ElGrades Pre-K–5Elementary school · 1.6 miGarza ElGrades Pre-K–5

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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