IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY

IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates as a medium-sized senior high in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, operated by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 695 students spanning grades 6 through 12.

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

Looking at the student body, IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY reports that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 3% White. That composition is broadly in line with Starr County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY 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 34.5%; this one delivers 48.8%, a residual of +14.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Starr County shows the typical household earns roughly $37,639 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 31%. Across Starr County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,900 students), IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one campus in the mix.

IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY has edged up 575%, going from 103 students in 2018 to 695 in 2025.

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