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IDEA A W Brown Academy

IDEA Public Schools · Dallas · 478 students

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Current score
58/1002025-26
Change
−9 ptssince 2024-25
Score vs similar economic context
−22.3 ptsvs 80.3 average · 350 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
332 of 350tied with 2 others
F58

At a glance

The available rating history is moving down. The current score is below the 80.3 average for 350 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Read the full rating context and placement

IDEA A W Brown Academy is rated F by TEA, scoring 58 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.3 average for 350 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 9 points since 2024-25.

Ranks 332nd of 350 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 2 others).

1 consecutive year rated unacceptable.

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 2 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

2 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageIDEA A W Brown Academy 6758 2024-252025-26

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas charter average
2025-26F5880.3 350 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25D6778.8 344 reporting81.3 797 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement54 F−20.3 vs similar economic context · 350 reporting
  • School Progress58 F−23.3 vs similar economic context · 350 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps59 F−18.1 vs similar economic context · 344 reporting
  • Academic Growth58 F−15.1 vs similar economic context · 334 reporting
  • Relative Performance56 F−23.5 vs similar economic context · 346 reporting
  • IDEA A W Brown Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (350 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement54F6
School Progress58F2
Closing the Gaps59F1
Academic Growth58F2
Relative Performance56F4

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point below D in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (58), so Student Achievement (54) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 58.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level49%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level45%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 348 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 348 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 348 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level36%−35 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 328 reporting
  • Meets grade level10%−29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 328 reporting
  • Masters grade level3%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 328 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (350 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
478
Economically disadvantaged
93.7%+2.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.8%−40.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
9.6%−3.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
92.7%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
29.6%+5.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

IDEA A W Brown Academy

African American: 88.9%Hispanic: 9.6%White: 0.4%Two or More Races: 1%
  • African American 88.9%
  • Hispanic 9.6%
  • White 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 1%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting for every category shown · 350 in full cohort

African American: 18.1%Hispanic: 75.6%White: 3.2%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 18.1%
  • Hispanic 75.6%
  • White 3.2%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
478
Economically disadvantaged students
448
Emergent bilingual students
23
Special education students
46

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
117
Students in TEA mobility denominator
419
TEA-published mobility rate
27.9%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 478 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 3 (0.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
478

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−3

Decrease · −0.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
478
Selected comparison
515.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 348 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for IDEA A W Brown Academy
School yearStudents enrolledIDEA A W Brown AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2024–25 481 First available year 515.9
2025–26 478 Decrease of 3 (0.6%) 515.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
56

9.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
87

15.24 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
571

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
9.8%
Selected comparison
11.0%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 214 rated charter campuses reporting

−1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
15.24
Selected comparison
18.5

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 rated charter campuses reporting

−3.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for IDEA A W Brown Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2024–25 571 56 9.8% 87 15.24 11.0% 18.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for IDEA A W Brown Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 56 9.8% 87 15.24 11.0% 18.5
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 55 9.6% 82 14.36 8.9% 12.5
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$10k$15k$20k2025
  • IDEA A W Brown Academy
  • Parent district: IDEA Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,327
Selected comparison
$12,008

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 347 rated charter campuses reporting

−$681 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,327 per student for this campus, $14,202 per student for its parent district, IDEA Public Schools, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearIDEA A W Brown AcademyParent district: IDEA Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2025$11,327$14,202$18,972$12,008 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 347 rated charter campuses reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$73,893+$9,692 vs similar economic context
Teachers
23−6.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
21.1+3.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

IDEA A W Brown Academy

Beginning: 4.4%1 to 5 years: 92.5%6 to 10 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 4.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 92.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 3.5%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 350 reporting for every category shown · 350 in full cohort

Beginning: 13%1 to 5 years: 47.4%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 14.6%21 to 30 years: 4.3%Over 30 years: 0.8%
  • Beginning 13%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.3%
  • Over 30 years 0.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for IDEA A W Brown Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classIDEA A W Brown Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten23.321.5
Grade 123.521.8
Grade 217.822.8
Grade 330.224.1
Grade 432.624.2
Grade 528.623.6

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 108807309.