IDEA MCALLEN ACADEMY

Charter Virtual

Regular School · MCALLEN, TX

IDEA MCALLEN ACADEMY is a charter regular school school in MCALLEN, Texas, serving grades KG–05 with 738 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 21.4:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

KG – 05

Enrollment

738

Teachers (FTE)

34.5

Student–Teacher Ratio

21.4:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	694	94%
White	32	4%
Asian	7	1%
Black or African American	5	1%
Total enrollment	738	381M / 357F

English Language Learners: 482 (65% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	27.0% -9.4pp	36.4%	241
Reading Proficiency	41.0% -0.3pp	41.3%	234
Science Proficiency	30-39%	—	55

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)

+0.50 grade levels

Math

+0.18 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

None offered

Out-of-School Suspensions

Chronically Absent

0.7% 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.)	738	100%

Contact & Location

201 N BENTSEN RD

MCALLEN, TX 78501

Phone: (956)429-4100

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

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 ACADEMY WESLACO Elementary
IDEA ACHIEVE ACADEMY Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 78501) → CensusDepth.com
Texas population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Texas teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

480021112688

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