📍 1000 e Owassa Rd, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Idea Owassa College Preparatory is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 529 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Braulio Barranco. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–10 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Owassa College Preparatory enrolls 529 students across grades 6–10. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 505 | 95% |
| White | 18 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
477 of the school's 529 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 436 qualify for free lunch and 41 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 College Preparatory 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 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 529 students, Idea Owassa 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: City - Small
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