📍 1600 S Schuerbach Rd, Mission, Hidalgo County, 78572
Idea Academy Mission is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mission, Hidalgo County. The school has 831 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christina Flores. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Academy Mission enrolls 831 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 809 | 97% |
| White | 16 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
788 of the school's 831 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 647 qualify for free lunch and 141 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 Academy 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 Academy 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 831 students, Idea Academy 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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