IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO

Charter Virtual

Regular School · WESLACO, TX

IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO is a charter regular school school in WESLACO, Texas, serving grades KG–05 with 649 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 22.5:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

KG – 05

Enrollment

649

Teachers (FTE)

28.8

Student–Teacher Ratio

22.5:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	619	95%
White	25	4%
Black or African American	4	1%
Asian	1	0%
Total enrollment	649	289M / 360F

English Language Learners: 268 (41% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	19.0% -17.4pp	36.4%	309
Reading Proficiency	31.0% -10.3pp	41.3%	305
Science Proficiency	15-19%	—	107

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.39 grade levels

Math

+0.25 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

None offered

Out-of-School Suspensions

3.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

4.2% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	649	100%

Contact & Location

2115 W PIKE BLVD

WESLACO, TX 78596

Phone: (956)351-4100

http://ideapublicschools.org/our-schools/idea-weslaco/

District

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Per-pupil expenditure: $11,896

District enrollment: 74,217

Other Schools in District

IDEA ACADEMY Elementary
IDEA ACADEMY ALAMO Elementary
IDEA ACADEMY MISSION Elementary
IDEA ACADEMY PHARR Elementary
IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO Elementary
IDEA ACADEMY SAN JUAN Elementary
IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY Elementary
IDEA AMBROSE AND FREDA ROBINSON ACADEMY Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 78596) → CensusDepth.com
Texas population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Texas teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

480021112641

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD