📍 5400 S Ware Rd, Mcallen, Hidalgo County, 78503
Idea los Encinos Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mcallen, Hidalgo County. The school has 743 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Esmeralda Ortiz. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea los Encinos Academy enrolls 743 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 693 | 93% |
| White | 43 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
693 of the school's 743 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 577 qualify for free lunch and 116 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 Academy 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 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 743 students, Idea los Encinos 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 - Midsize
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