📍 1600 S Schuerbach Rd, Mission, Hidalgo County, 78572
Idea College Preparatory Mission is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mission, Hidalgo County. The school has 755 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christina Flores. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The school offers 7 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea College Preparatory Mission enrolls 755 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 735 | 97% |
| White | 17 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
698 of the school's 755 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 644 qualify for free lunch and 54 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 College Preparatory Mission 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 36.
Idea College Preparatory Mission 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 755 students, Idea College Preparatory Mission 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
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