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Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
79:1
Student Diversity
Female
50.8%
Male
49.2%
Black
95.4%
Hispanic
3.9%
Native American
<1%
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Specialty School Programs
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program
Colleges Students are Considering
Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Morgan State University80 Students
Virginia State University73 Students
Delaware State University72 Students
Howard University66 Students
Bowie State University65 Students
North Carolina Central University60 Students
University of the District of Columbia47 Students
Norfolk State University43 Students
Clark Atlanta University41 Students
University of Maryland - College Park36 Students
What Students Want to Study
Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Computer Science27 Students
Business23 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration19 Students
Nursing16 Students
Psychology14 Students
Accounting9 Students
Biology7 Students
Mechanical Engineering7 Students
Pre-Law Studies7 Students
Small Business Management7 Students
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
3.545 Reviews
3.0Junior
2/7/2024
My school is made up of mostly latinos. Sports are limited and classes are chosen for us. Theres not many elective, and it's difficult to take classes that relate to what you want to study. They have good academics, but I would like to see a bigger range of classes
5.0Senior
6/2/2022
IDEA has so many opportunities there. It's not a huge number of students that attend so you will make friends. Since it's a small school you receive more individual attention. Very amazing school
3.0Senior
4/23/2020
Things that should change at idea is discipline. Most kids at idea is very disrespectful which disrupts class learning. Another thing they should have more things we could learn that interest the kids. Lastly they need to change the food policy, I want good food and a snack machine.
I thoght I did my research but non of the things that goes on was listed. My child has to listen to cussing on the bus, fi. ghts in the classroom and drugs in 4th grade. They said that this would not be tolorated, but my child is subject to this nearly every day. No school is perfect, but they did n...
I’ve had a horrible experience at Idea Bassett public school. The curriculums are not up to par. My child was coming home saying all they were learning were nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes? My child learned that at 1/2/3 years old in DAYCARE. Why is she learning this in Kindergarten at School? Childr...
RUN!!!! Continue to research all reviews about this school , and let that be your guide . My experience cannot be all contained in the amount of characters allowed in the review, so I’ll let all others speak for HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE , and save yourself. Administration is terrible Teacher ( th...
I had a very bad experience at my kids old school Barrel Springs which has a higher review score. Even though I moved in 2020 I was hesitant to switch them. I finally did last month August 2023 due to my kids constantly getting bullied at the old school. My daughter is speech delayed and I was recom...
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