IDEA Public Schools CEO salary and executive pay
IDEA Public Schools paid its CEO, Jeffrey Cottrill, $401,654 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $46,166 (13.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,186,267,518, up 1.3% from $1,170,472,250 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. IDEA Public Schools ranks 12th of 14 K-12 schools on this site by CEO pay. IDEA Public Schools has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 74-2948339, Weslaco, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$401,654
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Cody Grindle (President), $382,184; Jeremy Beard (Executive Director), $266,090; Michael Battle (Executive Director), $211,088; Rian Townsend (Executive Director), $198,160.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$417,813Dolores GonzalezDeputy Superintendent
- Total revenue
- $1,186,267,518
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 3%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631249349302598.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 318th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.03% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
No one on the latest return was paid more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Dolores GonzalezDeputy Superintendent | $417,813 |
| Jeffrey Cottrill CEO Superintendent & CEO | $401,654 |
| Cody GrindlePresident | $382,184 |
| Layne FisherChief Operating Officer | $361,729 |
| Martin WinchesterChief Human Assets Officer | $344,358 |
Also paid on the latest return: Phillip Garza (Chief College Officer), $333,444; Jill Dominguez (Area Superintendent), $324,749; Jessica Hess (Chief Governance Officer), $315,781; Ernesto Cantu (Chief Schools Officer), $306,805; Jeremy Beard (Executive Director), $266,090; Andrea Fernandez (Area Superintendent), $262,049; Christopher Haid (Sr. VP of Research & Analytics), $251,650; Marlon Shears (Chief Information Officer), $247,209; Angie Arismendi (Sr. Executive Director), $245,751; Kathleen Zimmermann (Chief Financial Officer), $240,136; Erica Matamoros (Sr. Regional VP of Schools), $228,502; Israel Ybarra (Sr. VP of School Development), $224,264; Alex Anzaldua (Sr. Regional VP of Schools), $224,046; Cassandra Flores (Sr. VP of School Development), $223,061; Dionel Waters (Area Superintendent), $222,525; and 4 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Collin Sewell (Chair), Ed Rivera (Vice-Chair & Secretary), Erich Holmsten (Treasurer), Theresa Barrera-Shaw (Member), Dr Nanette Cocero (Member), David Dunn (Member), Gary Lindgren (Member), Constanza Miner (Member).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Jeffrey Cottrill CEO Superintendent & CEO | $401,654 | $1,186,267,518 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Jeffrey Cottrill CEO Superintendent & CEO | $355,488 | $1,170,472,250 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Jill DominguezArea Superintendent (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $312,712 | $1,001,943,024 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Frankie Gray CEO Executive Director | $230,748 | $951,130,243 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631249349302598.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Dolores GonzalezDeputy Superintendent | $387,518 | $30,295 | $289,811 | $91,407 | $6,300 | $28,800 | $1,495 | $417,813 |
| Jeffrey CottrillSuperintendent & CEO | $398,926 | $2,728 | $338,045 | $49,481 | $11,400 | $0 | $2,728 | $401,654 |
| Cody GrindlePresident | $350,141 | $32,043 | $272,171 | $70,320 | $7,650 | $28,748 | $3,295 | $382,184 |
| Layne FisherChief Operating Officer | $315,729 | $46,000 | $247,041 | $68,688 | $0 | $46,000 | $0 | $361,729 |
| Martin WinchesterChief Human Assets Officer | $338,045 | $6,313 | $247,878 | $90,167 | $0 | $0 | $6,313 | $344,358 |
These figures come from IDEA Public Schools' Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How IDEA Public Schools compares
Ranked 12th of 14 K-12 schools by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 11th, KIPP Texas Public Schools, $615,123
- Next in this ranking: 13th, Harmony Public Schools, $280,759
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
College Board$2,345,561 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
RTI International$1,823,892 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Milton Hershey School$978,736 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
Southeastern Conference$4,828,580 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
American Heart Association$4,563,563 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Jeffrey Cottrill (Superintendent & CEO) was paid $401,654 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $398,926 from IDEA Public Schools and $2,728 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Dolores Gonzalez (Deputy Superintendent), at $417,813. That is $16,159 more than the CEO, Jeffrey Cottrill.
IDEA Public Schools paid its CEO, Jeffrey Cottrill, $401,654 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $46,166 (13.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Frankie Gray, paid $230,748. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $230,748 (Frankie Gray); June 2023, $312,712 (Jill Dominguez); June 2024, $355,488 (Jeffrey Cottrill); June 2025, $401,654.
IDEA Public Schools' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,139,537,115 and total revenue of $1,186,267,518 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $46,730,403. Expenses were $1,031,225,340 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 10.5%. The CEO's pay of $401,654 equals 0.04% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns IDEA Public Schools filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 4, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.