IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY

Located at 431 S FANNIN, in ELSA, Texas, IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a middle-of-the-pack senior high that works with 737 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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

On demographics, IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.3%; actual is 48.8%, +14.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Hidalgo County reports that median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one campus in the mix.

IDEA ELSA ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. As a public charter, IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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