QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN

Located at 2400 DAFFODIL AVE, in MCALLEN, Texas, QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN is a minimally staffed elementary-level community that caters to 84 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES. Enrollment runs roughly 84% below the state mean of about 519.

Within TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES, which oversees 44 schools and 17,100 students, QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 28.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Hidalgo County shows 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%. QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAM, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. QUEST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MCALLEN's enrollment has fell 52% since 2018, when it stood at 175 (now 84). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 85% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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