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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

IDEA Bluff Springs Academy, Austin, TX

Charter schoolCEP schoolIDEA Bluff Springs Academy is a public elementary school in Austin, part of IDEA Public Schools. It enrolled 521 students in 2024-25, with 17.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
521
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
17.4
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than 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 school17.4
District18.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
1700 E Slaughter Ln, Austin, TX 78744
Phone
(512)822-4200
District
IDEA Public Schools
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
480021113510
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
430
Reduced-price lunch
8
Free or reduced-price lunch
43884.1% 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 Austin

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.