IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO

IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO is a mid-sized elementary school in WESLACO, Texas, one of the schools within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school caters to 649 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO is among them.

Demographically, IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. Compared to Hidalgo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 36.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) records that median household earnings sit near $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IDEA COLLEGE PREP WESLACO, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 695 students in 2018 compared to 649 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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