IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory

At 5400 S WARE RD in MCALLEN, Texas, IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory operates as a medium-sized high school. The student body numbers 753 students, from grades 6 through 11.

Besides IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory, IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 124 other schools. The district enrolls 79,430 students.

Federal enrollment data show IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory is 98% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 3%, meaning two students picked at random have a 3% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory counts 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.7 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.6 above the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. About 93% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hidalgo County is 85%.

IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

BeatsExpectations places IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 26.1 points above it (60.0% actual, 33.9% predicted).

Hidalgo County census figures show that the median household income is $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, enrolling about 212,859 students in all.

Of nearby public schools, IDEA Los Encinos Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory. Its average proficiency rate of 60.0% is above the 52.1% average for nearby schools.

The NCES locale for IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

Federal data put enrollment at 251 in 2020-21 and 753 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Its ratio of students to teachers was 27.9:1 in 2020-21, and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.

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