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IDEA Elsa Academy

IDEA Public Schools · Elsa · 702 students

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Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
−8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
153 of 427tied with 14 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.5 average for 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Student Achievement rose 4 points

79 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 8.2 points above the 74.8 average among 427 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
58%vs 40.9% avg · +17.1 pts
Masters
30%vs 15.5% avg · +14.5 pts

Among 427 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
57%vs 34.9% avg · +22.1 pts
Masters
30%vs 13.2% avg · +16.8 pts

Among 426 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 Elsa Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.5 average for 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 153rd of 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 14 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageIDEA Elsa Academy 9475878786 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 91 that year.

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
2025-26B8680.5 427 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25B8779.2 419 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24B8776.9 410 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23C7576.6 399 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22A9483.9 375 reporting84.5 700 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 Achievement83 B+8.2 vs similar economic context · 427 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+8.4 vs similar economic context · 427 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps75 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 423 reporting
  • Academic Growth74 C+0.8 vs similar economic context · 408 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+10.1 vs similar economic context · 424 reporting
  • IDEA Elsa Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (427 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement83B7
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps75C5
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance90A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 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 (90), so Student Achievement (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level77%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
  • Masters grade level34%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 403 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 403 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 403 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (427 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
702
Economically disadvantaged
88.3%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
42.9%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
14.7%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.9%+4.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
7.3%−16.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

IDEA Elsa Academy

Hispanic: 93.2%White: 6.6%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 0.1%
  • Hispanic 93.2%
  • White 6.6%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 0.1%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting for every category shown · 427 in full cohort

African American: 18.1%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 18.1%
  • 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
702
Economically disadvantaged students
620
Emergent bilingual students
301
Special education students
103

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
34
Students in TEA mobility denominator
634
TEA-published mobility rate
5.4%

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 702 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 16 (2.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
702

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−16

Decrease · −2.2%

Change since 2021–22
+30

Increase · +4.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
702
Selected comparison
514.2

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for IDEA Elsa Academy
School yearStudents enrolledIDEA Elsa AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 672 First available year 498.8
2022–23 805 Increase of 133 (19.8%) 511.6
2023–24 722 Decrease of 83 (10.3%) 516.3
2024–25 718 Decrease of 4 (0.6%) 518.2
2025–26 702 Decrease of 16 (2.2%) 514.2

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
11

1.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
16

2.18 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
735

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
1.5%
Selected comparison
10.7%

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

−9.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.18
Selected comparison
17.7

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

−15.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for IDEA Elsa Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 594 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 717 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 835 11 1.3% 14 1.68 11.4% 19.4
2023–24 737 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 735 11 1.5% 16 2.18 10.7% 17.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for IDEA Elsa Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 11 1.5% 16 2.18 10.7% 17.7
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 11 1.50 — 12
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.

$8k$14k$20k2019202120232025
  • IDEA Elsa Academy
  • Parent district: IDEA Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,278
Selected comparison
$11,831

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 421 rated charter campuses reporting

−$1,553 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,278 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 Elsa AcademyParent district: IDEA Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$10,872$11,089$13,108$8,670 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 314 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$9,394$11,676$14,058$9,254 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 335 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$9,310$11,823$14,797$9,543 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 364 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$10,832$13,328$15,708$11,368 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 384 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$9,880$12,890$16,792$11,406 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 397 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$10,266$13,294$18,125$11,559 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 407 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$10,278$14,202$18,972$11,831 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 421 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
$62,370−$1,538 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33+3.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
21.1+3.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

IDEA Elsa Academy

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 72.1%6 to 10 years: 18%11 to 20 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 72.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 18%
  • 11 to 20 years 3.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting for every category shown · 427 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.2%1 to 5 years: 47.7%6 to 10 years: 19.8%11 to 20 years: 14.7%21 to 30 years: 4%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 13.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.8%
  • 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 Elsa Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classIDEA Elsa Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten24.521.5
Grade 129.522.2
Grade 229.823.3
Grade 32924.3
Grade 43024.5
Grade 530.824.1

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 63 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

  • 7of 424

    Attendance

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 424 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

3 measures

  • 16of 427

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 427 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 18of 427

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 427 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 19of 426

    Math — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 426 that report this measure · tied with 1

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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