📍 14001 N Rooth Rd, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, 78541
Idea Quest Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Edinburg, Hidalgo County. The school has 762 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Blanca Garza. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Quest Academy enrolls 762 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% White and 1.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 705 | 93% |
| White | 39 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
692 of the school's 762 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 593 qualify for free lunch and 99 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Idea Quest Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 40.
Idea Quest Academy is one of 123 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in WESLACO, Texas. The district serves 79,430 students district-wide and employs 3,841 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 762 students, Idea Quest Academy is larger than the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe