IDEA College Preparatory Mission
Public high school (charter) in Mission, Texas · IDEA Public Schools · Grades 6–12
IDEA College Preparatory Mission serves 798 students in grades 6–12 in Mission (Hidalgo County). It is one of 125 schools in IDEA Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 686th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.9 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 50.08 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | IDEA Public Schools |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | Rural, fringe |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480021112150 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | IDEA Public Schools | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 798 | 79,430 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.9 | 18.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91% | 82.9% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 68% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
IDEA College Preparatory Mission in context
Size
Of the 47 high schools in IDEA Public Schools, IDEA College Preparatory Mission is the 6th largest, with 1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,142; IDEA College Preparatory Mission is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 6 with 136 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 99, against an average of 114 per grade. This year grade 12 has 27% fewer students than grade 6 (99 against 136). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 96.6% here and 85.2% across IDEA Public Schools. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
91% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 82.9% across IDEA Public Schools and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 50.08 full-time-equivalent teachers for 798 students, IDEA College Preparatory Mission has 15.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 798 students would have about 57 teachers, so IDEA College Preparatory Mission has 6.9 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
IDEA College Preparatory Mission is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other high school is Mission High School, 2.9 miles away in Mission CISD. Within 10 miles there are 26 other high schools, 7 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.6% |
| White | 2.9% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| Black | 0.3% |
47.7% of students are girls and 52.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 136 |
| Grade 7 | 136 |
| Grade 8 | 120 |
| Grade 9 | 101 |
| Grade 10 | 106 |
| Grade 11 | 100 |
| Grade 12 | 99 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1600 S Schuerbach Rd, Mission, TX 78572
Phone: (956)583-8315
Website: ideapublicschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: IDEA College Preparatory Mission. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission High School | Mission CISD | 2.9 mi | 2,154 | 12.9 | 92.2% |
| Premier H S of Palmview | Premier High Schools | 2.9 mi | 108 | 16.2 | 99.1% |
| Premier H S of Mission | Premier High Schools | 3.1 mi | 178 | 28.1 | 99.4% |
| Texasworks - Mission | Texas Works | 3.1 mi | 15 | 15 | – |
| IDEA North Mission College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 3.6 mi | 756 | 14.7 | 92.2% |
| La Joya Palmview High School | La Joya ISD | 4.3 mi | 2,073 | 15.1 | 90.4% |
| Veterans Memorial High School | Mission CISD | 4.4 mi | 1,737 | 12.3 | 81.8% |
| Sharyland High School | Sharyland ISD | 5.2 mi | 1,527 | 18.1 | 55.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.