📍 15101 Edgemere Blvd, El Paso, El Paso County, 79938
Idea Edgemere College Preparatory is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 538 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alejandra Najera. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–10 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Edgemere College Preparatory enrolls 538 students across grades 6–10. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% White and 4.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 437 | 81% |
| White | 52 | 9.7% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 11 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
398 of the school's 538 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 380 qualify for free lunch and 18 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 Edgemere College Preparatory 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 29, state house district 75.
Idea Edgemere College Preparatory 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 538 students, Idea Edgemere College Preparatory is smaller 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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