IDEA Tres Lagos Academy
Public elementary school (charter) in McAllen, Texas · IDEA Public Schools · Grades K–5
IDEA Tres Lagos Academy serves 695 students in grades K–5 in McAllen (Hidalgo County). It is one of 125 schools in IDEA Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 949th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 22.7 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 30.63 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | K–5 |
| District | IDEA Public Schools |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480021113601 |
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 elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 695 | 79,430 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 22.7 | 18.4 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 80% | 82.9% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 99% of Texas elementary 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 Tres Lagos Academy in context
Size
IDEA Tres Lagos Academy is the 30th largest of IDEA Public Schools' 62 elementary schools; its 695 students are 0.9% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 3.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 534; IDEA Tres Lagos Academy is larger 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 2 with 137 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 83, against an average of 116 per grade. This year grade 5 has 61% more students than kindergarten (134 against 83). 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: 90.1% here and 85.2% across IDEA Public Schools. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
80% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 82.9% across IDEA Public Schools and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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 30.63 full-time-equivalent teachers for 695 students, IDEA Tres Lagos Academy has 22.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 695 students would have about 47 teachers, so IDEA Tres Lagos Academy has 16.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
IDEA Tres Lagos Academy is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other elementary school is Anne L Magee Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in Edinburg CISD. Within 10 miles there are 78 other elementary schools, 10 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 | 90.1% |
| White | 4.9% |
| Asian | 2.3% |
| Black | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |
48.9% of students are girls and 51.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Kindergarten | 83 |
| Grade 1 | 97 |
| Grade 2 | 137 |
| Grade 3 | 109 |
| Grade 4 | 135 |
| Grade 5 | 134 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5200 Tres Lagos Blvd, McAllen, TX 78504
Phone: (956)287-6900
Website: ideapublicschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: IDEA Tres Lagos Academy. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne L Magee Elementary School | Edinburg CISD | 0.9 mi | 460 | 16.4 | 78% |
| IDEA Quest Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.7 mi | 592 | 18 | 86.7% |
| R C Flores-Mark a Zapata Elementary School | Edinburg CISD | 2.0 mi | 625 | 16.6 | 77.4% |
| Zavala Elementary School | Edinburg CISD | 3.6 mi | 565 | 17.1 | 88% |
| Salinas Elementary School | Mission CISD | 3.8 mi | 366 | 15.1 | 97.5% |
| Cavazos Elementary School | Edinburg CISD | 4.0 mi | 479 | 16.2 | 76.6% |
| Jessie L Jensen Elementary School | Sharyland ISD | 4.2 mi | 615 | 16.4 | 88% |
| Blanca E Sanchez | McAllen ISD | 4.3 mi | 502 | 16.8 | 56.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.