IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY

IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY is an elementary-level community of roomy scale in EL PASO, Texas, part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosting 788 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 125 schools and 79,430 students, IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 6% Black. That composition is broadly in line with El Paso County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 57.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA EDGEMERE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting. As a public charter, IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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