IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY

IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 643 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY is one of 125 schools operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that educates 79,430 students overall.

On the student-mix side, IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 8% White, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 40.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

IDEA MESA HILLS COLLEGE PREPARATORY 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 MESA HILLS ACADEMY comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the feed for IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.