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Idea Frontier College Preparatory
2800 S Dakota Ave, Brownsville, TX 78521
Grades
6–12
High
Students
781
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Idea Public Schools
Cameron County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,433 Texas high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Texas high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Idea Frontier College Preparatory
Idea Frontier College Preparatory is a charter high school in Brownsville, Texas, serving grades 6–12. It is part of Idea Public Schools. The school is located in a midsize city in Cameron County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 781 students were enrolled, with about 15.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Texas high school (13.7 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from State Board of Education. Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 1,433 Texas high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 781 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.6 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 7
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Idea Public Schools
- County
- Cameron County
- NCES school ID
- 480021111952
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.