IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY

IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY, a moderately sized elementary school in MCALLEN, Texas, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosts 695 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 125 schools and 79,430 students, IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). The remainder consists of 5% White, 2% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 47.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY operates from an inner-city location. IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY's enrollment has edged up 93% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 695). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

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