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IDEA Hardy College Preparatory

IDEA Public Schools · Houston · 694 students

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Current score
73/1002025-26
Change
−15 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−7.3 ptsvs 80.3 average · 411 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
317 of 411tied with 3 others
C73

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 84 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.3 average for 411 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
56%vs 38.9% avg · +17.1 pts
Masters
19%vs 15.3% avg · +3.7 pts

Among 386 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

16.2% −7.7 pts vs 23.9%

  • 16.2% is 7.7 percentage points lower than the 23.9% average among 408 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 Hardy College Preparatory is rated C by TEA, scoring 73 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.3 average for 411 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 15 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 317th of 411 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 3 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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageIDEA Hardy College Preparatory 8880697273 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 B with 84 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
2025-26C7380.3 411 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25C7278.6 403 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24D6976.3 395 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23B8076.1 384 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22B8883.5 362 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 Achievement69 D−5.3 vs similar economic context · 411 reporting
  • School Progress74 C−7.3 vs similar economic context · 411 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−5.2 vs similar economic context · 405 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−4.4 vs similar economic context · 392 reporting
  • Relative Performance74 C−5.5 vs similar economic context · 407 reporting
  • IDEA Hardy College Preparatory
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (411 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement69D1
School Progress74C6
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance74C6

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 6 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 (74), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 74.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level68%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 386 reporting
  • Meets grade level56%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 386 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 386 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 262 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 262 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 262 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (411 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
0.0%−63.6 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 119 rated charter campuses reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−58.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 119 rated charter campuses reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−51.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 118 rated charter campuses reporting
Dropout Rate
2.0%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 119 rated charter campuses reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only charter campuses in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported charter campus rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

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
694
Economically disadvantaged
90.6%+0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
54.6%+11.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
14.0%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.3%+1.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
16.2%−7.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

IDEA Hardy College Preparatory

African American: 12.8%Hispanic: 84.6%White: 2.3%Two or More Races: 0.3%
  • African American 12.8%
  • Hispanic 84.6%
  • White 2.3%
  • Two or More Races 0.3%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting for every category shown · 411 in full cohort

African American: 18.7%Hispanic: 74.7%White: 3.5%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 18.7%
  • Hispanic 74.7%
  • White 3.5%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
694
Economically disadvantaged students
629
Emergent bilingual students
379
Special education students
97

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
84
Students in TEA mobility denominator
668
TEA-published mobility rate
12.6%

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 694 students in 2025–26, an increase of 59 (9.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
694

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+59

Increase · +9.3%

Change since 2021–22
+429

Increase · +161.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
694
Selected comparison
508

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for IDEA Hardy College Preparatory
School yearStudents enrolledIDEA Hardy College PreparatoryChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 265 First available year 488.2
2022–23 379 Increase of 114 (43.0%) 501.3
2023–24 512 Increase of 133 (35.1%) 508.2
2024–25 635 Increase of 123 (24.0%) 511.1
2025–26 694 Increase of 59 (9.3%) 508

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
58

8.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
74

11.09 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
667

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
8.7%
Selected comparison
10.8%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 253 rated charter campuses reporting

−2.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
11.09
Selected comparison
18.2

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

−7.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for IDEA Hardy College Preparatory
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 140 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 282 41 14.5% 46 16.31 10.9% 17.8
2022–23 430 45 10.5% 56 13.02 11.4% 19.6
2023–24 579 50 8.6% 58 10.02 11.3% 19
2024–25 667 58 8.7% 74 11.09 10.8% 18.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for IDEA Hardy College Preparatory in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 58 8.7% 74 11.09 10.8% 18.2
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 58 8.7% 72 10.79 8.6% 12.2
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$20k202120232025
  • IDEA Hardy College Preparatory
  • Parent district: IDEA Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,936
Selected comparison
$11,843

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 rated charter campuses reporting

−$907 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,936 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 Hardy College PreparatoryParent district: IDEA Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2021$14,600$11,823$14,797$9,519 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 351 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$11,544$13,328$15,708$11,427 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 370 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$10,452$12,890$16,792$11,491 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 382 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$11,688$13,294$18,125$11,533 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 393 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$10,936$14,202$18,972$11,843 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 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
$67,529+$3,638 vs similar economic context
Teachers
40+11.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.3−0.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

IDEA Hardy College Preparatory

Beginning: 30.3%1 to 5 years: 64.7%6 to 10 years: 2.5%11 to 20 years: 2.5%21 to 30 years: 0.2%
  • Beginning 30.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 64.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 2.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 2.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 0.2%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 411 reporting for every category shown · 411 in full cohort

Beginning: 13%1 to 5 years: 47.2%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 14.8%21 to 30 years: 4.3%Over 30 years: 0.8%
  • Beginning 13%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.8%
  • 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 Hardy College Preparatory in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classIDEA Hardy College Preparatory · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1221.6
Grade 626.823.4
Secondary English16.818.9
Secondary languages other than English17.318.1
Secondary math20.319.4
Secondary science19.120.2
Secondary social studies19.220.4

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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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