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IDEA a W Brown Academy, Dallas, TX

Charter schoolCEP schoolIDEA a W Brown Academy is a public elementary school in Dallas, part of IDEA Public Schools. It enrolled 481 students in 2024-25, with 19.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "IDEA A W BROWN ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
481
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
19.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 18.4. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.2
District18.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
5701 Red Bird Center Dr, Dallas, TX 75237
Phone
(972)709-4700
District
IDEA Public Schools
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
New
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
480021123205
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
442
Reduced-price lunch
4
Free or reduced-price lunch
44692.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in IDEA Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Dallas

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.