📍 725 e Expy 83, La Joya, Hidalgo County, 78560
Idea la Joya Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Joya, Hidalgo County. The school has 383 pupils enrolled. The Principal is John Jauregui. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–3 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea la Joya Academy enrolls 383 students across grades K–3. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 380 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
365 of the school's 383 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 324 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 la Joya Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 35.
Idea la Joya 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 383 students, Idea la Joya Academy is smaller than the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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