📍 5400 S Ware Rd, Mcallen, Hidalgo County, 78503
Idea los Encinos College Preparatory is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mcallen, Hidalgo County. The school has 507 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michael Garcia. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–9 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea los Encinos College Preparatory enrolls 507 students across grades 6–9. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 494 | 97% |
| White | 12 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
468 of the school's 507 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 447 qualify for free lunch and 21 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 los Encinos College Preparatory is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 20, state house district 36.
Idea los Encinos 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 507 students, Idea los Encinos 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 - Midsize
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