IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION

IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION, a medium-sized secondary school in MISSION, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 798 students, covering grades 6 through 12.

Across the 125 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (79,430 students total), IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 3% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of +11.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate 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 COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IDEA ACADEMY MISSION, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION operates from a small-town location. As a public charter, IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 801 students in 2018 compared to 798 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSION community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.