IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY

IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY, a medium-sized elementary campus in SOCORRO, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosts 696 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 125 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (79,430 students total), IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest breaks down as 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -3.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: IDEA RIO VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, members of the IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.