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What's the biggest difference between IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY and what you expected?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021114003
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy
405 WALLEBERG, EL PASO, TX 79912 · (956) 377-8000 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
514 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IDEA Mesa Hills Academy
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Mesa Hills Academy this school | 643 | 79.9% | 45.7% |
| IDEA Brackenridge Academy SAN ANTONIO | 631 | 81.9% | 35.3% |
| O'Shea Keleher Whole Child Academy EL PASO | 672 | 78.3% | 47.4% |
| Sun Valley Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 616 | 77.9% | 47.7% |
| Parkwood Elementary School PASADENA | 619 | 80.8% | N/A |
| S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School VON ORMY | 639 | 81.8% | 58.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IDEA Mesa Hills Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,878 of 4,401 | #63 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,464 of 4,466 ▼ 580 | #88 of 133 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,102 of 4,466 ▼ 445 | #76 of 133 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #955 of 3,998 | #28 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #1,292 of 4,938 | #44 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #4,520 of 4,622 | #130 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #3,725 of 4,628 | #36 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #1,959 of 4,789 | #72 of 139 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
643
+56 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 29.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 643 | 30.2 | 21.3:1 | 80% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 30.7 | 23.5:1 | 81% (586) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 29.8 | 24.8:1 | 82% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 20 | 29.4:1 | 71% (418) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Mesa Hills Academy.
About IDEA Mesa Hills Academy
Federal records list IDEA Mesa Hills Academy as an elementary school in EL PASO, Texas. It serves 643 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 24% above that.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS is made up of 125 schools with 79,430 students in all.
The large majority of students at IDEA Mesa Hills Academy, 88%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 8% White and 2% Black. By the diversity index, IDEA Mesa Hills Academy comes in at 21%.
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy counts 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, IDEA Mesa Hills Academy is 6.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.7% actual, 39.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In El Paso County (population about 870,779), median household income is about $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. IDEA Mesa Hills Academy is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County, which together enroll about 165,404 students.
Nearby, IDEA Mesa Hills College Preparatory is less than a tenth of a mile away. IDEA Mesa Hills Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts IDEA Mesa Hills Academy at 3rd of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Federal counts put enrollment at 587 in 2020-21 and 643 in 2024-25, a 10% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 29.4:1 to 21.3:1.
The IDEA Mesa Hills Academy community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Mesa Hills College Preparatory0.0 mi · 533
- Charles Q Murphree PK-80.2 mi · 846
- Dr Green Montessori0.8 mi · 87
- Dr Green Elementary School0.8 mi · 264
- Putnam Elementary School1.3 mi · 260
- Western Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Mesa Hills AcademyHow large is IDEA Mesa Hills Academy?
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy enrolls approximately 643 students in grades KG-05.
Is IDEA Mesa Hills Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does IDEA Mesa Hills Academy have?
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Mesa Hills Academy?
Student demographics at IDEA Mesa Hills Academy are roughly 8% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Mesa Hills Academy in?
IDEA Mesa Hills Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.