📍 2803 W Monarch Ln, Rio Grande City, Starr County, 78582
Idea Rio Grande City Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rio Grande City, Starr County. The school has 825 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Garcia. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Rio Grande City Academy enrolls 825 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 800 | 97% |
| White | 23 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
735 of the school's 825 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 340 qualify for free lunch and 395 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 Rio Grande City 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 21, state house district 31.
Idea Rio Grande City 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 825 students, Idea Rio Grande City 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
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