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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
685
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113673
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory
5200 TRES LAGOS BLVD, MCALLEN, TX 78504 · (956) 287-6900 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–12HIGH12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public high schools
- B-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.
- CThree-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
16.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
552 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 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 11% |
Student demographics
15%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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 32.0% | 18.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 26.0% | 34.0% | 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 | 62.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 17 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 Tres Lagos College Preparatory
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory this school | 685 | 80.6% | 56.0% |
| IDEA Quest College Preparatory EDINBURG | 667 | 80.2% | 70.1% |
| IDEA Brackenridge College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 671 | 81.1% | 43.3% |
| Port Isabel Early College High School PORT ISABEL | 585 | 82.1% | 45.5% |
| Clint High School CLINT | 747 | 81.8% | 53.3% |
| IDEA Mesa Hills College Preparatory EL PASO | 533 | 80.7% | 44.0% |
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 Tres Lagos College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #613 of 1,385 | #19 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #619 of 1,425 ▼ 81 | #26 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #552 of 1,425 ▲ 16 | #15 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #857 of 1,184 | #29 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #754 of 2,107 | #42 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #988 of 1,344 | #48 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #1,151 of 1,346 | #5 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #381 of 1,522 | #48 of 65 |
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
685
+232 (+51%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 685 | 41.7 | 16.4:1 | 81% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 35.9 | 18.0:1 | 80% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 41.3 | 13.0:1 | 85% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 90% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 123 | 7.9 | 15.6:1 | 82% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory.
Since 2017-18: students up 457% (123 to 685); teachers up 428% (7.9 to 41.7).
About IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory
At 5200 TRES LAGOS BLVD in MCALLEN, Texas, IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory operates as a mid-sized high school. The school enrolls 685 students in grades 6 through 12.
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory is one of the 125 schools that make up IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (79,430 students in total).
At IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory, 92% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 6% 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 Tres Lagos College Preparatory scores 15%.
There are 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory, giving a ratio of 16.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A total of 552 students, or 81%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Texas public high schools, IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory is among the top 10% of schools in Texas. Predicted: 39.3%. Actual: 56.0%.
Census data for Hidalgo County show median household income comes to about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 364 public schools in the county, enrolling about 212,859, IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory from the closest public school, IDEA Tres Lagos Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size). The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Reported enrollment: 453 (2020-21) and 685 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Students per teacher dropped from 18.1 in 2020-21 to 16.4 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Tres Lagos Academy0.0 mi · 695
- Anne L Magee Elementary School0.9 mi · 460
- Elias Longoria Sr Middle School1.7 mi · 770
- IDEA Quest Academy1.7 mi · 592
- IDEA Quest College Preparatory1.7 mi · 667
- R C Flores-Mark A Zapata Elementary School2.0 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Tres Lagos College PreparatoryHow large is IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory?
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory enrolls approximately 685 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory is approximately 16.4:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory?
At IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory, the student body is approximately 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory public or private?
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.