Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021114061
IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY
4100 N SCHUERBACH RD, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 377-8000 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–10MIDDLE13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
444 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
QUIET COMMUNITY
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 →
About IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY
As a small junior high in MISSION, Texas, IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY works with 446 students from grades 6 through 10, operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY is among them.
On demographics, IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The remainder is composed of 2% White.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.4%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Hidalgo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is IDEA PALMVIEW ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.
The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 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 MISSION
- MISSION H SHigh · 2,154 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 1,737 students
- SHARYLAND H SHigh · 1,527 students
- SHARYLAND PIONEER H SHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA PALMVIEW ACADEMY0.0 mi · 705
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H S0.4 mi · 2,073
- LLOYD M BENTSEN EL0.5 mi · 538
- ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL1.3 mi · 715
- PATRICIO PEREZ EL1.4 mi · 421
- NARCISO CAVAZOS1.4 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORYHow many students attend IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY?
IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 06-10.
Is IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY an elementary, middle, or high school?
IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a middle school covering grades 06-10.
How many teachers does IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY have?
IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY?
Student demographics at IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY are roughly 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY?
IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY is overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Hidalgo County.
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