📍 15101 Edgemere Blvd, El Paso, El Paso County, 79938
Idea Edgemere Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 974 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nubia Salinas. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1. 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 Edgemere Academy enrolls 974 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% White and 4.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 810 | 83% |
| White | 96 | 9.9% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 9 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
693 of the school's 974 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 654 qualify for free lunch and 39 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 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 29, state house district 75.
Idea Edgemere 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 974 students, Idea Edgemere 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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