IDEA College Preparatory Pharr
Public high school (charter) in Pharr, Texas · IDEA Public Schools · Grades 6–12
IDEA College Preparatory Pharr serves 848 students in grades 6–12 in Pharr (Hidalgo County). It is one of 125 schools in IDEA Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 659th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 19 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 ÷ 44.54 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 | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480021112390 |
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 | 848 | 79,430 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 19 | 18.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94% | 82.9% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 90% 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 Pharr in context
Size
Of the 47 high schools in IDEA Public Schools, IDEA College Preparatory Pharr is the largest, with 1.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4.7 miles away and have a median of 891 students, so IDEA College Preparatory Pharr is close to their typical size.
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 84, against an average of 121 per grade. This year grade 12 has 38% fewer students than grade 6 (84 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
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
94% of students qualify 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
IDEA College Preparatory Pharr has 44.54 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 848 students would have about 60.6 teachers, so IDEA College Preparatory Pharr has 16.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other high school is Valley View High School, 1.9 miles away in Valley View ISD. There are 5 high schools within 5 miles and 27 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.5% |
| White | 0.4% |
| Black | 0.1% |
45.5% of students are girls and 54.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 136 |
| Grade 7 | 134 |
| Grade 8 | 129 |
| Grade 9 | 127 |
| Grade 10 | 123 |
| Grade 11 | 115 |
| Grade 12 | 84 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
600 E Las Milpas Rd, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)283-1515
Website: ideapublicschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: IDEA College Preparatory Pharr. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View High School | Valley View ISD | 1.9 mi | 1,227 | 15.1 | 92.1% |
| Psja Southwest Early College High School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 3.0 mi | 1,588 | 12.5 | 95.1% |
| Hidalgo Early College High School | Hidalgo ISD | 3.9 mi | 1,029 | 12 | 85.8% |
| Psja Early College High School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 4.6 mi | 2,300 | 13.3 | 93.7% |
| Psja Collegiate School of Health Professions | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 4.8 mi | 340 | 8.5 | 98.8% |
| Psja Thomas Jefferson T-Stem Early College High School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 5.6 mi | 553 | 13.8 | 95.5% |
| Buell Central DAEP | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 5.9 mi | 117 | 7.3 | 99.1% |
| IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 5.9 mi | 753 | 17.7 | 93.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.