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Ignite Community School - Mainland

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades PK, KG-9

4474^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,643 Texas Alternative Schools

Better than 4% of Texas alternative schools

Summary

Ignite Community School - Mainland is a public charter school in La Marque, TX, serving 327 students in grades PK-8 as part of the Texas College Preparatory Academies district. The school faces significant academic challenges, with STAAR proficiency rates critically low across most subjects and grade levels—for example, only 15% of 3rd graders and 50% of 8th graders met reading standards, while math proficiency ranged from 11.76% in 7th grade to 50% in 8th grade. These figures place the school in the bottom 4% of Texas elementary schools, a stark contrast to nearby Heights Elementary (Texas City ISD), which ranks in the 96th percentile and achieves 87.69% proficiency in 3rd-grade reading despite serving a similar high-needs population.

Despite spending $10,325 per student and maintaining a low student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1, the school's outcomes do not reflect these resources. For comparison, William F Barnett Elementary (Santa Fe ISD) achieves top-quartile rankings with a higher student-teacher ratio and lower spending, suggesting the issue at Ignite is likely related to instructional strategy or school culture rather than funding. The school also shows extreme volatility in serving special education students, swinging from the 80th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 1st percentile in 2024-2025, a major red flag for parents of children with special needs.

Interestingly, the only other charter in the area, Odyssey Academy - Texas City, also performs poorly, ranking in the bottom 20% of the state, while traditional public schools like Heights Elementary and William F Barnett Elementary demonstrate that high performance is achievable in the same geographic area. The school's dropout rate, while 0% in 2023-2024, was notably high for a PK-8 institution in prior years (2.1-2.4%), consistently exceeding the district average. Overall, Ignite Community School - Mainland requires comprehensive intervention to improve core instruction, as its current approach is failing the vast majority of its students.

327

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,222

Per pupil spending ?

86.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

319 Newman Rd
La Marque, TX 75029

(409) 934-9100

District: Texas College Preparatory Academies

Racial breakdown:

African American:

61.8%

Hispanic:

29.4%

Two or more races:

6.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2022 → 36th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 24 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (26% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!Reading scores 27 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school26%

District avg49%

Texas avg48%

Elementary school

4,474^th of 4,643

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 6 pts since 2018

From bottom 10% (2018) to bottom 4% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,507^th of 2,359

Texas public middle schools ?

Bottom 36%▼ down 26 pts since 2018

From top 38% (2018) to bottom 36% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

16^th of 17Alternative Schools in the Texas College Preparatory Academies

400^th of 947Texas College Preparatory Academies among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	10.6	4474 of 4643	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.6	4157 of 4651	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	4265 of 4710	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	4056 of 4647	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	4023 of 4581	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	3432 of 4578	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	3912 of 4479	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	3933 of 4359	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	28.2	1947 of 2414	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	38.9	1186 of 1905	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.2	1879 of 2443	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.7	1703 of 2443	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.6	1899 of 2421	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.2	1496 of 2444	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.3	1669 of 2515	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.7	1759 of 2483	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	21.9	3985 of 4461	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	54.0	1567 of 4331	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	24.7	3721 of 4295	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	3650 of 4240	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	21.7	3218 of 3668	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	2942 of 3556	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	52.4	1507 of 3487	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	72.3	543 of 3446	84.2%	★★★★☆
2019	26.5	2845 of 3333	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.3	2792 of 3226	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	15.8	4275 of 4588	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	20.4	3256 of 3744	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	4067 of 4658	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	4315 of 4588	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	4219 of 4561	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	3956 of 4499	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.6	4024 of 4348	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	4027 of 4306	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	13.2	4260 of 4425	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.1	3462 of 3644	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	4401 of 4465	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	3859 of 4401	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.4	2666 of 4376	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.7	2200 of 4329	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.0	3460 of 4188	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	3400 of 4168	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	12.8	4384 of 4535	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	24.5	3167 of 3705	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.6	3671 of 4594	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	3735 of 4521	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	3928 of 4477	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.8	2811 of 4451	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.1	3882 of 4309	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	3802 of 4264	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	9.1	4496 of 4597	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	19.5	3285 of 3739	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	3658 of 4647	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	3432 of 4585	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.2	3443 of 4563	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.0	2548 of 4498	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.0	3358 of 4357	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	3612 of 4319	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	26.1	3661 of 4308	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.0	3515 of 3549	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	68.4	863 of 4292	79.9%	★★★★☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	36.8	1507 of 2359	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	40.6	1386 of 2344	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.9	1139 of 2372	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.9	1187 of 2330	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	1397 of 2254	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.0	1844 of 2252	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.5	936 of 2193	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.8	791 of 2080	62.0%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	55.9	444 of 1306	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	49.1	449 of 997	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.6	452 of 1280	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.9	485 of 1273	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.4	523 of 1251	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	29.2	928 of 1213	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	69.9	250 of 1193	79.0%	★★★★☆
2018	69.0	240 of 1167	79.4%	★★★★☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	44.4	1095 of 2182	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.2	963 of 2118	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.1	1474 of 2058	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	67.9	344 of 2008	82.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	40.2	827 of 1428	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	60.8	463 of 1720	73.1%	★★★★☆
2021	71.9	206 of 1592	87.1%	★★★★☆
2018	99.8	5 of 1376	99.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	40.0	1355 of 2263	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.8	1175 of 1825	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.2	869 of 2242	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.2	1123 of 2241	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.7	1618 of 2221	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	1804 of 2151	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.5	1059 of 2047	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.6	888 of 2008	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	37.0	1405 of 2161	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.7	876 of 1731	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.3	734 of 2116	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.5	708 of 2077	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.4	1128 of 2043	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.6	911 of 1935	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.9	637 of 1895	66.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	37.2	1494 of 2275	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.3	789 of 1820	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.3	801 of 2235	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.5	983 of 2251	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.1	1230 of 2220	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.7	1757 of 2172	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	57.6	693 of 2073	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.4	444 of 2039	78.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	33.0	1585 of 2274	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.6	1200 of 1818	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.6	1296 of 2246	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.7	1129 of 2245	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.6	895 of 2228	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	22.3	1779 of 2168	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.0	764 of 2069	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.7	619 of 2030	69.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	50.9	698 of 1974	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	57.0	469 of 1568	70.1%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2026)19th percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2026)15th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)12th percentile+3 vs school

At Risk (2022)11th percentile~ school

Female (2026)7th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)4th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2026)66th percentile+30 vs school

Special Education (2026)65th percentile+29 vs school

At Risk (2022)50th percentile+12 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)40th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2026)35th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile~ school

Male (2026)30th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies31%~ state avg

Reading27%-27 vs state

Mathematics23%-20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)			STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR EOC Biology (2026)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)						STAAR Mathematics (2026)						STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Ignite Community School - Mainland	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-9	319 Newman Rd	La Marque	75029	Denton County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 934-9100	327	22	14.9	86.5%	7 (2.1%)	202 (61.8%)	96 (29.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.1%)								(n/a)												15.0	22.2	19.2	34.5	47.1	50.0	12.5	16.7	28.0	34.5	11.8	50.0	31.3	$11,222
Odyssey Academy - Galveston	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2412 61st St	Galveston	77551	Galveston County	Odyssey Academy Inc	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 750-9289	795	49	16.1	78.9%	124 (15.6%)	69 (8.7%)	560 (70.4%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.5%)								(n/a)	30.0	18.2		18.2	9.1		38.2	71.4	44.8	50.0	45.8	38.5	44.2	34.8	30.9	43.1	36.5	27.0	18.6	13.0	17.9	4.4	27.4	23.1	$10,989

Frequently Asked Questions about Ignite Community School - Mainland

What is the racial makeup of Ignite Community School - Mainland?

Students at Ignite Community School - Mainland are 62% African American, 29% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% White.

Is Ignite Community School - Mainland a good school?

Ignite Community School - Mainland ranks in the bottom 3.6% of Texas alternative schools.

How many students attend Ignite Community School - Mainland?

In the 2024-25 school year, 327 students attended Ignite Community School - Mainland.

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026

2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026

2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025

2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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