Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - EBP 044 - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2025	Apr. 30, 2024
EBP, Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Percentage of plan investments in common stock	24.00%	23.00%
Minimum amount allowable to borrow from vested account	$ 500
Maximum amount allowable to borrow from vested account	$ 50,000
Percentage of vested account balance as maximum amount allowable to borrow	50.00%
Maximum loan repayments as a percentage of participant's 13-week average net take-home pay	50.00%
General loan repayment term	5 years
Principal residence loan repayment term	15 years
Minimum
EBP, Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Interest rates on notes receivable from participants	4.25%
Maximum
EBP, Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Interest rates on notes receivable from participants	9.50%
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
EBP, Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Percentage of plan investments in specified fund	12.00%	13.00%

EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, Primary Residence, Maximum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, General Loan, Maximum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Maximum Repayment, Percentage Of Participant Average 13-Week Net Compensation

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Percentage of investment at fair value held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), to total investments representing concentration risk at or above applicable threshold.

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-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-Publisher FASB
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-Topic 962
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Percentage of investment in common stock of employer of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), to total plan assets.

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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
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-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
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