📍 600 e las Milpas Rd, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Idea College Preparatory Pharr is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 771 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sonia Aguilar. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea College Preparatory Pharr enrolls 771 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 766 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
730 of the school's 771 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 711 qualify for free lunch and 19 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 Pharr is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 27, state house district 36.
Idea College Preparatory Pharr 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 771 students, Idea College Preparatory Pharr is larger than the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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