📍 11881 Dyer St, El Paso, El Paso County, 79934
Idea Mesquite Hills Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 505 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marina Lopez. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Mesquite Hills Academy enrolls 505 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Black or African American and 7.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 407 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 8.5% |
| White | 38 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 505 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 401 qualify for free lunch and 14 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 Mesquite Hills Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 29, state house district 78.
Idea Mesquite Hills 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 505 students, Idea Mesquite Hills 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: City - Large
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