📍 431 S Fannin, Elsa, Hidalgo County, 78577
Idea Elsa Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Elsa, Hidalgo County. The school has 805 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Saron Mata. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Elsa Academy enrolls 805 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 762 | 95% |
| White | 43 | 5.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
763 of the school's 805 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 453 qualify for free lunch and 310 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 Elsa 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 27, state house district 40.
Idea Elsa 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 805 students, Idea Elsa 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