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Open-enrollment charter campus

IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory

IDEA Public Schools · Dallas · 192 students

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Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
+6 ptssince 2024-25
Score vs similar economic context
+2.4 ptsvs 80.6 average · 428 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
198 of 428tied with 10 others
B83

At a glance

The available rating history is moving up. The current score is above the 80.6 average for 428 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 6 points

77 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 2.4 points above the 80.6 average among 428 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 16 points

69 to 85 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 85 is 5 points above the 80 average among 425 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
60%vs 39.5% avg · +20.5 pts
Masters
19%vs 15.4% avg · +3.6 pts

Among 404 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.6 average for 428 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 6 points since 2024-25.

Ranks 198th of 428 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 10 others).

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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

2 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageIDEA A W Brown College Preparatory 7783 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
2025-26B8380.6 428 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25C7779.2 420 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 Achievement74 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 428 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+3.3 vs similar economic context · 428 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C+0.8 vs similar economic context · 424 reporting
  • Academic Growth81 B+7.8 vs similar economic context · 409 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+5.0 vs similar economic context · 425 reporting
  • IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (428 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement74C6
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth81B9
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below B 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 (85), so Student Achievement (74) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level50%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 275 reporting
  • Meets grade level20%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 275 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 275 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (428 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
192
Economically disadvantaged
88.0%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.3%−34.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
19.8%+7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.2%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
28.5%+4.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory

African American: 81.8%Hispanic: 14.6%White: 1.6%Two or More Races: 2.1%
  • African American 81.8%
  • Hispanic 14.6%
  • White 1.6%
  • Two or More Races 2.1%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting for every category shown · 428 in full cohort

African American: 18%Hispanic: 74.9%White: 3.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 18%
  • Hispanic 74.9%
  • White 3.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.6%
  • 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
192
Economically disadvantaged students
169
Emergent bilingual students
16
Special education students
38

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
36
Students in TEA mobility denominator
172
TEA-published mobility rate
20.9%

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 192 students in 2025–26, an increase of 41 (27.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
192

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+41

Increase · +27.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
192
Selected comparison
514.6

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory
School yearStudents enrolledIDEA A W Brown College PreparatoryChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2024–25 151 First available year 518.5
2025–26 192 Increase of 41 (27.2%) 514.6

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
55

32.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
120

69.77 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
172

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
32.0%
Selected comparison
10.7%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 269 rated charter campuses reporting

+21.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
69.77
Selected comparison
17.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 285 rated charter campuses reporting

+52.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2024–25 172 55 32.0% 120 69.77 10.7% 17.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 55 32.0% 120 69.77 10.7% 17.7
In-school suspensions 25 14.5% 34 19.77 7.1% 10.3
Out-of-school suspensions 45 26.2% 86 50.00 8.5% 12
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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.

$11k$18k$25k2025
  • IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory
  • Parent district: IDEA Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$23,368
Selected comparison
$11,820

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 422 rated charter campuses reporting

+$11,548 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $23,368 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 College PreparatoryParent district: IDEA Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2025$23,368$14,202$18,972$11,820 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 422 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
$69,238+$5,373 vs similar economic context
Teachers
20−10.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
9.7−8.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory

Beginning: 27.4%1 to 5 years: 72.1%6 to 10 years: 0.5%
  • Beginning 27.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 72.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 0.5%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 428 reporting for every category shown · 428 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.2%1 to 5 years: 47.6%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 14.7%21 to 30 years: 4%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 13.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 4%
  • Over 30 years 0.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for IDEA A W Brown College Preparatory in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classIDEA A W Brown College Preparatory · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten221.5
Grade 618.823.5
Secondary English13.418.9
Secondary math1619.3
Secondary science10.320.1
Secondary social studies1620.3

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 school ranks best

Out of 72 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 6of 422

    Per-student spending

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 422 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

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 108807209.