Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
9% −14.9 pts vs 23.9%
- 9% is 14.9 percentage points lower than the 23.9% average among 422 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Open-enrollment charter campus
IDEA Frontier Academy
IDEA Public Schools · Brownsville · 706 students
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- Current score
- 77/1002025-26
- Change
- −22 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −3.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 425 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 279 of 425tied with 17 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- −4.4 ptsvs 81.4 average · 447 similarly sized rated charter campuses
- Similar size placement
- 302 of 447tied with 14 others
- Score vs state
- −4.7 ptsvs 81.7 average · 829 rated Texas charter campuses
- Texas charter placement
- 572 of 829tied with 27 others
C77
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 99 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.5 average for 425 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 81.4 average for 447 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is below the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-context average
95.9% +3.2 pts vs 92.7%
- 95.9% is 3.2 percentage points above the 92.7% average among 422 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
9% −7.6 pts vs 16.6%
- 9% is 7.6 percentage points lower than the 16.6% average among 437 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-size average
95.9% +1.6 pts vs 94.3%
- 95.9% is 1.6 percentage points above the 94.3% average among 437 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas charter average
9% −13.5 pts vs 22.5%
- 9% is 13.5 percentage points lower than the 22.5% average among 807 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Texas charter average
95.9% +3 pts vs 92.9%
- 95.9% is 3 percentage points above the 92.9% average among 807 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
IDEA Frontier Academy is rated C by TEA, scoring 77 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.5 average for 425 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 22 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 279th of 425 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 17 others).
IDEA Frontier Academy is rated C by TEA, scoring 77 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.4 average for 447 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is down 22 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 302nd of 447 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 14 others).
IDEA Frontier Academy is rated C by TEA, scoring 77 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is down 22 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 572nd of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 27 others).
Put the numbers in context
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5 years of ratings
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Compare against
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 99 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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 77 | 80.5 425 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 90 | 79.1 417 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 89 | 76.8 408 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 91 | 76.5 397 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 99 | 83.8 374 reporting | 84.5 700 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.
- IDEA Frontier Academy
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (425 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 71 | C | 9 |
| School Progress | 79 | C | 1 |
| Closing the Gaps | 71 | C | 9 |
| Academic Growth | 71 | C | 9 |
| Relative Performance | 79 | C | 1 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point 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 (79), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 79.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (425 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
- 706
- Economically disadvantaged
- 88.5%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 67.8%+24.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 11.3%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.9%+3.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 9.0%−14.9 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
IDEA Frontier Academy
- Hispanic 96.9%
- White 3%
- Asian 0.1%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 425 reporting for every category shown · 425 in full cohort
- African American 18.1%
- Hispanic 75%
- White 3.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.6%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.3%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 447 reporting for every category shown · 447 in full cohort
- African American 15.5%
- Hispanic 65.7%
- White 9.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 6.6%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.1%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- African American 17.5%
- Hispanic 61.8%
- White 12.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.5%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 706
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 625
- Emergent bilingual students
- 479
- Special education students
- 80
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 64
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 648
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 9.9%
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 706 students in 2025–26, an increase of 31 (4.6%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 706
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +31
Increase · +4.6%
- Change since 2021–22
- −115
Decrease · −14.0%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 706
- Selected comparison
- 515.6
| School year | Students enrolledIDEA Frontier Academy | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 821 | First available year | 499 |
| 2022–23 | 818 | Decrease of 3 (0.4%) | 512.9 |
| 2023–24 | 688 | Decrease of 130 (15.9%) | 517.7 |
| 2024–25 | 675 | Decrease of 13 (1.9%) | 519.6 |
| 2025–26 | 706 | Increase of 31 (4.6%) | 515.6 |
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
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 729
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 913 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 870 | 16 | 1.8% | 16 | 1.84 | 10.7% | 17.5 |
| 2022–23 | 848 | 10 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.18 | 11.4% | 19.5 |
| 2023–24 | 707 | 18 | 2.5% | 19 | 2.69 | 11.2% | 18.8 |
| 2024–25 | 729 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 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.
- IDEA Frontier Academy
- Parent district: IDEA Public Schools
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $11,654
- Selected comparison
- $11,814
For 2025, TEA reported $11,654 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
| Year | IDEA Frontier Academy | Parent district: IDEA Public Schools | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,923 | $10,855 | $13,054 | $8,491 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 253 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2019 | $6,612 | $11,089 | $13,108 | $8,674 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 314 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $7,369 | $11,676 | $14,058 | $9,237 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 335 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $7,459 | $11,823 | $14,797 | $9,527 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 363 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $10,571 | $13,328 | $15,708 | $11,349 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $9,907 | $12,890 | $16,792 | $11,394 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 395 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $11,363 | $13,294 | $18,125 | $11,542 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $11,654 | $14,202 | $18,972 | $11,814 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 419 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
- $61,415−$2,484 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 35+5.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 20.1+2.2 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
IDEA Frontier Academy
- Beginning 1.1%
- 1 to 5 years 78.6%
- 6 to 10 years 17.1%
- 11 to 20 years 0.9%
- 21 to 30 years 2.6%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 425 reporting for every category shown · 425 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.2%
- 1 to 5 years 47.7%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 14.7%
- 21 to 30 years 4%
- Over 30 years 0.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 447 reporting for every category shown · 447 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.7%
- 1 to 5 years 46.8%
- 6 to 10 years 20.1%
- 11 to 20 years 13.2%
- 21 to 30 years 3.5%
- Over 30 years 0.4%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- Beginning 13%
- 1 to 5 years 44.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.6%
- 11 to 20 years 15.4%
- 21 to 30 years 4.8%
- Over 30 years 0.9%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classIDEA Frontier Academy · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 21.5 |
| Grade 1 | 26.8 | 22.2 |
| Grade 2 | 29.8 | 23.3 |
| Grade 3 | 31.2 | 24.3 |
| Grade 4 | 25.5 | 24.5 |
| Grade 5 | 29.1 | 24.1 |
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 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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