IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY

Set in MCALLEN, Texas, IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a reasonably sized 9-12 campus, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It hosts 820 students across grades 6 through 12.

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

Demographically, IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%); the rest breaks down as 3% White. That composition is broadly in line with Hidalgo County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.2%; IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY posts 62.8%, +21.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one campus in the mix.

IDEA MCALLEN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 820 in 2025.

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