IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY

IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 717 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 519.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 79,430 students. IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% White. That composition is broadly in line with Starr County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Starr County (around 93%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Starr County shows median household earnings sit near $37,639, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 31%. IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY is one of 29 public schools in Starr County (combined enrollment of about 16,900 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY operates from a small-town location. IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 91% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 717). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.