📍 1000 e Owassa Rd, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Idea Owassa Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 810 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cyndia Vasquez. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Owassa Academy enrolls 810 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% White and 1.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 741 | 91% |
| White | 44 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
709 of the school's 810 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 569 qualify for free lunch and 140 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 Owassa Academy 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 40.
Idea Owassa 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 810 students, Idea Owassa 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: City - Small
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