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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021112261
IDEA Academy Mission
1600 S SCHUERBACH RD, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 583-8315 · Hidalgo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
620 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 53% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 30.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IDEA Academy Mission
IDEA Academy Mission's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Academy Mission this school | 664 | 93.4% | 44.9% |
| Carroll T Welch Elementary School EL PASO | 676 | 94.1% | 33.8% |
| Charles Graebner Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 651 | 93.7% | 17.8% |
| Burns Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 651 | 93.7% | 60.6% |
| IDEA Frontier Academy BROWNSVILLE | 675 | 92.7% | 49.2% |
| E H Gilbert Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 633 | 93.5% | 25.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IDEA Academy Mission ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,971 of 4,401 | #82 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,910 of 4,466 ▲ 484 | #93 of 183 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,683 of 4,466 ▼ 125 | #64 of 183 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,225 of 3,998 | #47 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #1,157 of 4,938 | #35 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #3,834 of 4,622 | #131 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.7% | #4,332 of 4,628 | #67 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #702 of 4,789 | #66 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #680 of 2,838 | #35 of 128 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
664
-236 (-26%) vs 2020
+99% since 2010-11, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 664 | 39.3 | 16.9:1 | 93% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 30.7 | 22.3:1 | 93% (633) |
| 2022-23 | 831 | 33.4 | 24.9:1 | 95% (788) |
| 2020-21 | 900 | 44 | 20.4:1 | 96% (863) |
| 2017-18 | 903 | 40.5 | 22.3:1 | 94% (851) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 24 | 29.8:1 | 93% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 85% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Academy Mission.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (903 to 664); teachers down 3% (40.5 to 39.3).
About IDEA Academy Mission
IDEA Academy Mission, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in MISSION, Texas. It had 664 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.
IDEA Academy Mission is among 125 schools run by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which serves 79,430 students.
Hispanic students are 98% of those enrolled at IDEA Academy Mission. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 5%.
Its staff includes 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. IDEA Academy Mission has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 93%. Compared with the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County, the school's rate is higher.
IDEA Academy Mission holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Texas public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for IDEA Academy Mission is 33.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.9%.
Looking at the county, Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County has 364 public schools with about 212,859 students, including IDEA Academy Mission.
IDEA Academy Mission is less than a tenth of a mile from IDEA College Preparatory Mission, its nearest public school. IDEA Academy Mission has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.1% on proficiency, and IDEA Academy Mission is above that at 44.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area. Federal records list IDEA Academy Mission as a charter school.
The school shrank from 900 students in 2020-21 to 664 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.4:1 to 16.9:1.
This page is set up for the IDEA Academy Mission community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA College Preparatory Mission0.0 mi · 798
- Leal Elementary School1.4 mi · 436
- Jose De Escandon Elementary School1.5 mi · 614
- Excellence in Leadership Academy1.7 mi · 183
- Brillante Academy2.0 mi · 354
- Pearson Elementary School2.1 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Academy MissionHow large is IDEA Academy Mission?
IDEA Academy Mission enrolls approximately 664 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does IDEA Academy Mission serve?
IDEA Academy Mission serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does IDEA Academy Mission have?
IDEA Academy Mission employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Academy Mission?
Student demographics at IDEA Academy Mission are roughly 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees IDEA Academy Mission?
IDEA Academy Mission is overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.