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Enrollment
667
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021111947
IDEA Quest College Preparatory
14001 N ROOTH RD, EDINBURG, TX 78541 · (956) 287-1003 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Texas public high schools
- A-Test 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.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
535 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 12% |
Student demographics
10%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
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 38.0% | 14.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 34.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 77.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 59.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Quest College Preparatory
IDEA Quest College Preparatory's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Quest College Preparatory this school | 667 | 80.2% | 70.1% |
| IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory MCALLEN | 685 | 80.6% | 56.0% |
| IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory BROWNSVILLE | 783 | 78.7% | 61.3% |
| IDEA Mesa Hills College Preparatory EL PASO | 533 | 80.7% | 44.0% |
| IDEA Brackenridge College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 671 | 81.1% | 43.3% |
| Clint High School CLINT | 747 | 81.8% | 53.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Quest College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #233 of 1,385 | #11 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #567 of 1,425 ▼ 303 | #23 of 56 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #220 of 1,425 ▼ 25 | #11 of 56 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #81 of 1,184 | #11 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #764 of 2,107 | #43 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #824 of 1,344 | #42 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #1,205 of 1,346 | #10 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #388 of 1,522 | #49 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #246 of 557 | #11 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
667
-75 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 667 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 80% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 46.1 | 14.7:1 | 75% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 45.1 | 15.7:1 | 84% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 42 | 17.7:1 | 97% (718) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 47.9 | 15.5:1 | 93% (688) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 85% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 64% (436) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Quest College Preparatory.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (741 to 667); teachers down 10% (47.9 to 43).
About IDEA Quest College Preparatory
IDEA Quest College Preparatory runs as a small high school in EDINBURG, Texas. It is open to students in grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 667 students.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools with a combined 79,430 students. IDEA Quest College Preparatory is one of them.
At IDEA Quest College Preparatory, 95% of students are Hispanic. It is also 3% White. Census estimates put Hidalgo County at about 92% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, IDEA Quest College Preparatory scores 10%.
Staffing at IDEA Quest College Preparatory comes to 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.5:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. IDEA Quest College Preparatory counts 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, IDEA Quest College Preparatory lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Texas public high schools.
IDEA Quest College Preparatory is a top-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.4% with an actual 70.1%.
The county, Hidalgo County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The county's public schools total 364, with about 212,859 students.
IDEA Quest Academy is less than a tenth of a mile from IDEA Quest College Preparatory, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around IDEA Quest College Preparatory holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 46.5%, lower than IDEA Quest College Preparatory's 70.1%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area. IDEA Quest College Preparatory holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 667, down from 742 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.7 to 15.5 over 4 years.
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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 EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Quest Academy0.0 mi · 592
- Elias Longoria Sr Middle School0.2 mi · 770
- R C Flores-Mark A Zapata Elementary School0.3 mi · 625
- Anne L Magee Elementary School1.0 mi · 460
- IDEA Tres Lagos Academy1.7 mi · 695
- IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory1.7 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Quest College PreparatoryHow many students attend IDEA Quest College Preparatory?
IDEA Quest College Preparatory enrolls approximately 667 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does IDEA Quest College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Quest College Preparatory serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Quest College Preparatory?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at IDEA Quest College Preparatory.
How diverse is IDEA Quest College Preparatory?
IDEA Quest College Preparatory reports a student body of 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees IDEA Quest College Preparatory?
IDEA Quest College Preparatory is overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.