IDEA ELSA ACADEMY

IDEA ELSA ACADEMY is a moderately sized K-5 school in ELSA, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school works with 718 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 38% larger than typical.

IDEA ELSA ACADEMY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that teaches 79,430 students overall.

Looking at the student body, IDEA ELSA ACADEMY reports that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% White. That composition is broadly in line with Hidalgo County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA ELSA ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% 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 ELSA ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.1%.

In the surrounding community, Hidalgo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. IDEA ELSA ACADEMY is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IDEA ELSA ACADEMY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting. IDEA ELSA ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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