IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY

Located at 5200 TRES LAGOS BLVD, in MCALLEN, Texas, IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a moderately sized senior high that educates 685 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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

Demographically, IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 6% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, IDEA TRES LAGOS 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 38.7%; this one delivers 57.0%, a residual of +18.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY is one.

Nearest neighbor: IDEA TRES LAGOS ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site. IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORY 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 COLLEGE PREPARATORY's enrollment has ticked up 457% since 2018, when it stood at 123 (now 685).

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