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Enrollment
798
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021112150
IDEA College Preparatory Mission
1600 S SCHUERBACH RD, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 583-8315 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
726 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 99 | 12% |
Student demographics
7%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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 36.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 38.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 College Preparatory Mission
IDEA College Preparatory Mission's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA College Preparatory Mission this school | 798 | 91.0% | 45.1% |
| IDEA Elsa College Preparatory ELSA | 737 | 90.6% | 46.8% |
| IDEA North Mission College Preparatory MISSION | 756 | 92.2% | 55.7% |
| IDEA Rio Grande City College Preparatory RIO GRANDE CITY | 695 | 90.1% | 50.7% |
| Mercedes High School MERCEDES | 903 | 92.0% | 24.6% |
| IDEA College Preparatory San Juan SAN JUAN | 741 | 89.2% | 42.4% |
Matched among Texas high 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 College Preparatory Mission ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #996 of 1,385 | #37 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #867 of 1,425 ▲ 121 | #37 of 56 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #676 of 1,425 ▲ 62 | #22 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #945 of 1,184 | #37 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #682 of 2,107 | #31 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #896 of 1,344 | #43 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.6% | #1,250 of 1,346 | #19 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #160 of 1,522 | #32 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #542 of 557 | #31 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
798
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+67% since 2010-11, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 798 | 50.1 | 15.9:1 | 91% (726) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 48.8 | 15.8:1 | 90% (694) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 50.3 | 15.0:1 | 92% (698) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 43 | 18.4:1 | 98% (776) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 47.7 | 16.8:1 | 96% (767) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 92% (719) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 86% (413) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA College Preparatory Mission.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (801 to 798); teachers up 5% (47.7 to 50.1).
About IDEA College Preparatory Mission
The public high school IDEA College Preparatory Mission is located in MISSION, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 798 students.
IDEA College Preparatory Mission belongs to IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district of 125 schools and 79,430 students.
The share of Hispanic students at IDEA College Preparatory Mission is 97%. Enrollment also includes 3% White. The diversity index for IDEA College Preparatory Mission is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.9:1. Statewide, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 91% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, IDEA College Preparatory Mission lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Texas public high schools.
A school with IDEA College Preparatory Mission's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 34.8%. IDEA College Preparatory Mission scores 45.1%, 10.2 points above that line.
The school is in Hidalgo County, where median household income comes to about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Hidalgo County's 364 public schools enroll about 212,859 students and include IDEA College Preparatory Mission.
Measured in a straight line, IDEA Academy Mission is less than a tenth of a mile from IDEA College Preparatory Mission. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, IDEA College Preparatory Mission ranks 3rd on proficiency.
IDEA College Preparatory Mission has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe. IDEA College Preparatory Mission is a publicly funded charter school.
IDEA College Preparatory Mission had 793 students in 2020-21 and 798 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.4:1 to 15.9:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the IDEA College Preparatory Mission community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Edinburg College PreparatoryHigh · 795 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 Academy Mission0.0 mi · 664
- 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 College Preparatory MissionHow many students attend IDEA College Preparatory Mission?
IDEA College Preparatory Mission enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does IDEA College Preparatory Mission serve?
IDEA College Preparatory Mission serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA College Preparatory Mission?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA College Preparatory Mission is approximately 15.9:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is IDEA College Preparatory Mission?
IDEA College Preparatory Mission reports a student body of 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees IDEA College Preparatory Mission?
IDEA College Preparatory 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.