SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Set in EDINBURG, Texas, SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a medium-sized 6-8 campus, run under SOUTH TEXAS ISD. It works with 802 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 643.

Within SOUTH TEXAS ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 4,639 students, SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). The remainder looks like 10% Asian, 5% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly less Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 45% of students at SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.1%; SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY posts 81.7%, +27.6 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTH TEXAS ISD WORLD SCHOLARS, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH TEXAS ISD PREPARATORY ACADEMY has ticked up 30%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 802 in 2025.

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