IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY

IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY is an intermediate school of cozy scale in HARLINGEN, Texas, one of the schools within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 457 students in grades 6 through 10. That puts it 29% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that enrolls 79,430 students overall.

On demographics, IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 5% White. That composition is broadly in line with Cameron County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 46.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cameron County put the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one.

IDEA HARLINGEN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. IDEA HARLINGEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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