IDEA Frontier College Preparatory

Public high school (charter) in Brownsville, Texas · IDEA Public Schools · Grades 6–12

IDEA Frontier College Preparatory serves 781 students in grades 6–12 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 125 schools in IDEA Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 702nd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.6 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.

781

students

15.6

students per teacher

88.3%

free/reduced lunch eligible

6–12

grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 50.03 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School type	Regular School, charter
Level	High
Grades	6–12
District	IDEA Public Schools
County	Cameron County
Area type	City, midsize
School meals	Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID	480021111952

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

	This school	IDEA Public Schools	Texas high schools (median)
Students	781	79,430	457
Students per teacher	15.6	18.4	14
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	88.3%	82.9%	63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 65% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

IDEA Frontier College Preparatory in context

Size

IDEA Frontier College Preparatory is the 10th largest of IDEA Public Schools' 47 high schools; its 781 students are 1% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4.4 miles away and have a median of 1,118 students, so IDEA Frontier College Preparatory is smaller than most of them.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 6 with 136 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 72, against an average of 112 per grade. This year grade 12 has 36% fewer students than grade 6 (87 against 136). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 97.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across IDEA Public Schools (85.2%).

88.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 82.9% across IDEA Public Schools and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

IDEA Frontier College Preparatory has 50.03 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 781 students would have about 55.8 teachers, so IDEA Frontier College Preparatory has 5.8 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Lopez Early College High School, 0.3 miles away in Brownsville ISD. There are 6 high schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic	97.3%
White	2.7%

50.7% of students are girls and 49.3% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 6	136
Grade 7	135
Grade 8	127
Grade 9	115
Grade 10	109
Grade 11	72
Grade 12	87

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

2800 S Dakota Ave, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)541-2002
Website: ideapublicschools.org

Red: IDEA Frontier College Preparatory. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

School	District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Lopez Early College High School	Brownsville ISD	0.3 mi	1,739	13.9	98.7%
Porter Early College High School	Brownsville ISD	3.5 mi	1,543	13.8	93.3%
Rivera Early College High School	Brownsville ISD	3.8 mi	2,150	15.8	94.4%
Brownsville Early College High School	Brownsville ISD	4.3 mi	311	20.2	94.2%
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory	IDEA Public Schools	4.6 mi	693	16	90.8%
Hanna Early College High School	Brownsville ISD	4.9 mi	2,039	14.9	91.2%
Premier H S of Brownsville	Premier High Schools	5.3 mi	147	17.6	85.7%
Texasworks - Brownsville	Texas Works	5.3 mi	16	8	–

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in IDEA Public Schools

School	Level	Grades	Students
IDEA a W Brown Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–5	481
IDEA a W Brown College Preparatory	Middle	6–8	151
IDEA Academy	Elementary	K–5	744
IDEA Academy Alamo	Elementary	K–5	698
IDEA Academy Mission	Elementary	K–5	664
IDEA Academy Pharr	Elementary	K–5	717
IDEA Academy San Benito	Elementary	K–5	685
IDEA Academy San Juan	Elementary	K–5	617
IDEA Academy Weslaco	Elementary	K–5	649
IDEA Achieve Academy	Elementary	K–5	585
IDEA Achieve College Preparatory	High	6–11	466
IDEA Ambrose and Freda Robinson Academy	Elementary	K–5	423
IDEA Ambrose and Freda Robinson College Preparator	Middle	6–8	111
IDEA Bluff Springs Academy	Elementary	K–5	521
IDEA Bluff Springs College Preparatory	High	6–12	689
IDEA Brackenridge Academy	Elementary	K–5	631
IDEA Brackenridge College Preparatory	High	6–12	671
IDEA Brownsville Academy	Elementary	K–5	702
IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory	High	6–12	783
IDEA Burke Academy	Elementary	K–5	730
IDEA Burke College Preparatory	High	6–11	620
IDEA Carver Academy	Elementary	K–5	468
IDEA Carver College Preparatory	High	6–12	661
IDEA College Prep	High	6–12	823
IDEA College Prep Weslaco	High	6–12	728
IDEA College Preparatory Alamo	High	6–12	737
IDEA College Preparatory Mission	High	6–12	798
IDEA College Preparatory Pharr	High	6–12	848
IDEA College Preparatory San Benito	High	6–12	780
IDEA College Preparatory San Juan	High	6–12	741
IDEA Converse Academy	Elementary	K–5	743
IDEA Converse College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	462
IDEA Eastside Academy	Elementary	K–5	392
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory	High	6–12	469
IDEA Edgecliff Academy	Elementary	K–5	708
IDEA Edgecliff College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	604
IDEA Edgemere Academy	Elementary	K–5	788
IDEA Edgemere College Preparatory	High	6–12	619
IDEA Edinburg Academy	Elementary	K–5	728
IDEA Edinburg College Preparatory	High	6–12	795
IDEA Elsa Academy	Elementary	K–5	718
IDEA Elsa College Preparatory	High	6–12	737
IDEA Ewing Halsell Academy	Elementary	K–5	704
IDEA Ewing Halsell College Preparatory	High	6–12	611
IDEA Frontier Academy	Elementary	K–5	675
IDEA Hardy Academy	Elementary	K–5	705
IDEA Hardy College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	635
IDEA Harlingen Academy	Elementary	K–5	651
IDEA Harlingen College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	457
IDEA Health Professions Academy	Elementary	K–5	294
IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory	High	6–11	376
IDEA Hidden Meadow Academy	Elementary	K–5	608
IDEA Hidden Meadow College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	336
IDEA Horizon Vista Academy	Elementary	K–5	742
IDEA Horizon Vista College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	402
IDEA Ingram Hills Academy	Elementary	K–5	588
IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory	High	6–12	543
IDEA Judson Academy	Elementary	K–5	701
IDEA Judson College Preparatory	High	6–12	747
IDEA Kyle Academy	Elementary	K–5	637
IDEA Kyle College Preparatory	High	6–12	681
IDEA La Joya Academy	Elementary	K–5	656
IDEA La Joya College Preparatory	Middle	6–9	344
IDEA Lake Houston Academy	Elementary	K–5	719
IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory	Middle	6–9	499
IDEA Los Encinos Academy	Elementary	K–5	770
IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory	High	6–11	753
IDEA Mays Academy	Elementary	K–5	663
IDEA Mays College Preparatory	High	6–12	748
IDEA McAllen Academy	Elementary	K–5	738
IDEA McAllen College Preparatory	High	6–12	820
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy	Elementary	K–5	643
IDEA Mesa Hills College Preparatory	High	6–11	533
IDEA Mesquite Hills Academy	Elementary	K–5	641
IDEA Mesquite Hills College Preparatory	Middle	6–9	352
IDEA Monterrey Park Academy	Elementary	K–5	607
IDEA Monterrey Park College Preparatory	High	6–12	743
IDEA Montopolis Academy	Elementary	K–5	694
IDEA Montopolis College Preparatory	High	6–12	835
IDEA Najim Academy	Elementary	K–5	540
IDEA Najim College Preparatory	High	6–12	474
IDEA North Mission Academy	Elementary	K–5	719
IDEA North Mission College Preparatory	High	6–12	756
IDEA Owassa Academy	Elementary	K–5	699
IDEA Owassa College Preparatory	High	6–12	689
IDEA Palmview Academy	Elementary	K–5	705
IDEA Palmview College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	446
IDEA Parmer Park Academy	Elementary	K–5	621
IDEA Parmer Park College Preparatory	High	6–11	624
IDEA Pflugerville Academy	Elementary	K–5	665
IDEA Pflugerville College Preparatory	High	6–12	669
IDEA Quest Academy	Elementary	K–5	592
IDEA Quest College Preparatory	High	6–12	667
IDEA Rio Grande City Academy	Elementary	K–5	717
IDEA Rio Grande City College Preparatory	High	6–12	695
IDEA Rio Vista Academy	Elementary	K–5	696
IDEA Rio Vista College Preparatory	High	6–12	590
IDEA Rise Academy	Elementary	K–5	681
IDEA Rise College Preparatory	High	6–11	598
IDEA Riverview Academy	Elementary	K–5	714
IDEA Riverview College Preparatory	High	6–12	813
IDEA Robindale Academy	Elementary	K–5	699
IDEA Robindale College Preparatory	High	6–11	693
IDEA Round Rock Technical Academy	Elementary	K–5	718
IDEA Round Rock Technical College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	504
IDEA Rundberg Academy	Elementary	K–5	694
IDEA Rundberg College Preparatory	High	6–12	790
IDEA South Flores Academy	Elementary	K–5	680
IDEA South Flores College Preparatory	High	6–12	715
IDEA Southeast Academy	Elementary	K–5	698
IDEA Southeast College Preparatory	Middle	6–9	475
IDEA Spears Academy	Elementary	K–5	728
IDEA Spears College Preparatory	Middle	6–10	617
IDEA Sports Park Academy	Elementary	K–5	571
IDEA Sports Park College Preparatory	High	6–12	457
IDEA Toros College Preparatory	High	8–12	258
IDEA Tres Lagos Academy	Elementary	K–5	695
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory	High	6–12	685
IDEA Walzem Academy	Elementary	K–5	611
IDEA Walzem College Preparatory	High	6–12	724
IDEA Weslaco Pike Academy	Elementary	K–5	734
IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory	High	6–12	758
IDEA Yukon Academy	Elementary	K–5	736
IDEA Yukon College Preparatory	Middle	6–9	503