IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY
AUSTIN · TX · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public charter · K-12 combined
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AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S → WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S → KIPP AUSTIN BRAVE → HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN → THE EXCEL CENTER FOR ADULTS - SOUTH AUSTIN → CROCKETT EARLY COLLEGE H S → PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-AUSTIN SOUTH CAMPUS → TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Limited
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY compares for families
What families should know about IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S, WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S, KIPP AUSTIN BRAVE and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 29% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 689 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,366 per student in district revenue, the 55 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $735,130/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 1.9 | 2,421 | -8.3% |
| WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 236 | -4.5% |
| KIPP AUSTIN BRAVE AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 490 | -32.0% |
| HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 282 | -1.1% |
| THE EXCEL CENTER FOR ADULTS - SOUTH AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 4.5 | 114 | +100.0% |
| CROCKETT EARLY COLLEGE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 4.5 | 1,529 | -6.3% |
| PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-AUSTIN SOUTH CAMPUS AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 138 | +17.9% |
| TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 5.7 | 1,011 | -11.2% |