IDEA Toros College Preparatory
Public high school (charter) in Edinburg, Texas · IDEA Public Schools · Grades 8–12
IDEA Toros College Preparatory serves 258 students in grades 8–12 in Edinburg (Hidalgo County). It is one of 125 schools in IDEA Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 1228th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 14.3 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 18.01 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| District | IDEA Public Schools |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480021113514 |
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 | 258 | 79,430 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 14.3 | 18.4 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 84.5% | 82.9% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 52% 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 Toros College Preparatory in context
Size
Of the 47 high schools in IDEA Public Schools, IDEA Toros College Preparatory is the smallest, with 0.3% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 631; IDEA Toros College Preparatory 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 11 with 62 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 36, against an average of 52 per grade. This year grade 12 has 42% more students than grade 8 (51 against 36). 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: 97.3% here and 85.2% across IDEA Public Schools.
84.5% 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 18.01 full-time-equivalent teachers for 258 students, IDEA Toros College Preparatory has 14.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 258 students would have about 18.4 teachers, so IDEA Toros College Preparatory has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
IDEA Toros College Preparatory is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other high school is Edinburg Collegiate High School, 1.4 miles away in Edinburg CISD. Within 10 miles there are 39 other high schools, 15 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 | 97.3% |
| White | 2.3% |
| Asian | 0.4% |
28.3% of students are girls and 71.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 8 | 36 |
| Grade 9 | 48 |
| Grade 10 | 61 |
| Grade 11 | 62 |
| Grade 12 | 51 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3300 Texas Rd, Edinburg, TX 78542
Phone: (956)961-7807
Website: ideapublicschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: IDEA Toros College Preparatory. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburg Collegiate High School | Edinburg CISD | 1.4 mi | 466 | 14.9 | 68.7% |
| Hidalgo County JJAEP | Weslaco ISD | 1.5 mi | 14 | – | – |
| Juvenile Detention Center | Edinburg CISD | 1.5 mi | 38 | 4.7 | 94.7% |
| Edinburg High School | Edinburg CISD | 1.6 mi | 2,267 | 13.5 | 84.3% |
| Robert R Vela High School | Edinburg CISD | 2.0 mi | 2,101 | 14.3 | 61.7% |
| Economedes High School | Edinburg CISD | 2.4 mi | 2,689 | 15 | 92% |
| South Texas ISD World Scholars | South Texas ISD | 3.2 mi | 403 | 13.2 | 61.3% |
| IDEA Edinburg College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 3.3 mi | 795 | 17 | 83% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.