Dakota and Dockberry in Brownsville, Texas. During its first two years, all classes were held in portable buildings; the first permanent buildings were completed for Fall 2008. There are now six permanent buildings at IDEA Frontier. The school suspended its pre-kindergarten program in 2012. Students During the fall semester the school accepts applications from prospective students for the following year. If the school receives more applications than the number of places available then a lottery is held, which determines which applicants will be admitted to the school. Students selected are required to attend testing and registration events to officially enroll at the school, along with a Welcome to IDEA event explaining the expectations and norms the school expects each student to follow. Students not selected in the lottery are added to a wait-list for later openings. In the 2015–2016 school year there were 752 students enrolled in the College Preparatory campus, with much of the student body being of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. The student population was 1% Asian/Pacific Islander, 0% Black, 95% Hispanic, 3% White and 0.3% Two or More Races. The school's gender makeup was 49% boys and 51% girls. The average classroom size at Frontier is below the national average, with 15 students per teacher (compared to the national average of 21.6 students per teacher). Awards and recognition State and local awards The school was named to the TBEC Honor Roll for two consecutive years in 2010 and 2011. Among more than 8,000 Texas public schools, fewer than 4 percent receive this recognition by the Texas Business and Education Coalition. The TBEC Honor Roll is Texas’ most prestigious award for public schools, requiring three years of consistently high performance in all subjects compared to other schools serving similar student populations. TBEC Honor Roll schools have the highest percentage of students performing at the state's most rigorous standard — commended — in all subjects on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. IDEA Frontier College Preparatory earned the rating of Recognized from the Texas Education Agency for the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 academic years and Exemplary for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 academic years. In 2015, the Texas Education Agency also awarded IDEA Frontier all seven distinctions for Academic Achievement in Reading/English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, as well as Top 25 Percent: Student Progress and Closing Performance Gaps. The school was also awarded a distinction in Postsecondary