IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY

IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates as a reasonably sized four-year high school in MISSION, Texas, one of the schools within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 756 students spanning grades 6 through 12.

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

Looking at the student body, IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Other groups include 2% White.

On the income-and-resources front, IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY logs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 92% of students at IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 55.9%, a residual of +22.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA NORTH MISSION ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates from an urban location. IDEA NORTH MISSION 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY has increased 101%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the IDEA NORTH MISSION COLLEGE PREPARATORY community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.