Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Summary:

Idea College Preparatory Pharr is a public charter high school serving grades 6-12 in Pharr, Texas, with a student population of 771 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Idea Public Schools district and has a predominantly Hispanic student body, making up 99.35% of the population.

Idea College Preparatory Pharr has maintained a 100% four-year graduation rate for the past four school years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school also has very low dropout rates, ranging from 0% to 0.3% over the past five years. However, the school's performance on STAAR tests is mixed compared to the state and Idea Public Schools district averages, performing better in some subject areas but lagging behind in others. The school's Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Low Socioeconomic Status student subgroups perform relatively well compared to their peers in Texas, often ranking in the top 25% of schools in the state.

When compared to other nearby high schools, Idea College Preparatory Pharr generally performs better than the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (PSJA ISD) average, but lags behind some of the top-performing schools in the region, such as PSJA Collegiate School of Health Professions. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined in recent years, dropping from 292nd in 2017-2018 to 809th in 2023-2024, suggesting the school may be struggling to maintain its academic performance compared to other high schools in the state. The school also has a very high percentage of students (over 90%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.


Detail:

Public, Charter 6-12

 600 E Las Milpas Rd
       Pharr, TX  78577


(956) 283-1515

District: Idea Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
809th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,304 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  15.8 Help
Number of students:  771

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
99.4%
White:
0.5%
African American:
0.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.7% Help


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Compare Details Idea College Preparatory Pharr ranks better than 50.1% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.64. (See more...)
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Compare Details Idea College Preparatory Pharr ranks better than 59.3% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 14th among 32 ranked high schools in the Idea Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.26. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (99.4%), White (0.5%), African American (0.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Idea College Preparatory Pharr is 15.8. 18 high schools in the Idea Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Idea College Preparatory Pharr employs 48.5 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Idea College Preparatory Pharr is $10,304. 25 high schools in the Idea Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Idea College Preparatory Pharr was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Idea College Preparatory Pharr 1179th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Idea College Preparatory Pharr in the ranking list.)
SchoolDigger ranks Idea College Preparatory Pharr 809th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Idea College Preparatory Pharr in the ranking list.)

Idea Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Idea Public Schools 455th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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Rank History for all middle school students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 61.09 735th 1951 62.3%
2013 63.73 662nd 1973 66.4%
2014 59.98 783rd 1987 60.6%
2015 53.40 986th 2043 51.7%
2016 50.28 1066th 1987 46.4%
2017 55.59 757th 2027 62.7%
2018 73.15 406th 2080 80.5%
2019 59.79 723rd 2193 67.0%
2021 28.84 1628th 2252 27.7%
2022 57.62 787th 2254 65.1%
2023 67.91 580th 2330 75.1%
2024 46.64 1179th 2361 50.1%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.67 99th 1376 92.8%
2019 72.07 220th 1445 84.8%
2021 55.18 488th 1592 69.3%
2022 80.94 151st 1643 90.8%
2023 87.37 111th 1720 93.5%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.06 1078th 1597 32.5%
2019 17.26 1599th 1626 1.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.07 128th 2039 93.7%
2019 73.02 317th 2073 84.7%
2021 39.75 1300th 2172 40.1%
2022 70.74 393rd 2220 82.3%
2023 81.25 205th 2251 90.9%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.92 438th 2008 78.2%
2019 60.71 673rd 2047 67.1%
2021 28.82 1596th 2151 25.8%
2022 43.41 1203rd 2221 45.8%
2023 61.32 717th 2241 68.0%
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Rank History for middle school At Risk students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.09 70th 2008 96.5%
2019 81.35 160th 2058 92.2%
2021 53.12 771st 2118 63.6%
2022 83.48 164th 2182 92.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.94 402nd 2030 80.2%
2019 56.65 739th 2069 64.3%
2021 29.49 1556th 2168 28.2%
2022 67.71 537th 2228 75.9%
2023 71.89 462nd 2245 79.4%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.44 222nd 1895 88.3%
2019 68.48 408th 1935 78.9%
2021 36.07 1311th 2043 35.8%
2022 67.05 466th 2077 77.6%
2023 76.78 293rd 2116 86.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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Rank History for all high school students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2011 72.11 326th 1672 80.5%
2014 69.92 380th 1734 78.1%
2015 71.81 345th 1743 80.2%
2016 68.79 416th 1762 76.4%
2017 72.73 306th 1777 82.8%
2018 72.89 292nd 1797 83.8%
2019 66.62 458th 1857 75.3%
2021 43.23 1052nd 1861 43.5%
2022 60.85 581st 1876 69.0%
2023 62.41 628th 1961 68.0%
2024 55.26 809th 1987 59.3%
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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.70 51st 1113 95.4%
2019 81.96 108th 1136 90.5%
2021 58.24 313th 1195 73.8%
2022 76.21 136th 1278 89.4%
2023 82.40 118th 1371 91.4%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.36 453rd 1347 66.4%
2019 61.13 326th 1357 76.0%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.75 172nd 1794 90.4%
2019 71.67 275th 1818 84.9%
2021 50.76 793rd 1848 57.1%
2022 66.24 363rd 1847 80.3%
2023 70.90 311th 1897 83.6%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.22 333rd 1781 81.3%
2019 69.72 402nd 1798 77.6%
2021 39.15 1121st 1815 38.2%
2022 57.31 675th 1841 63.3%
2023 60.22 642nd 1891 66.0%
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Rank History for high school At Risk students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.49 95th 1784 94.7%
2019 82.28 143rd 1810 92.1%
2021 55.40 597th 1829 67.4%
2022 73.41 231st 1837 87.4%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.37 360th 1803 80.0%
2019 61.19 560th 1824 69.3%
2021 44.39 962nd 1840 47.7%
2022 60.47 569th 1853 69.3%
2023 60.84 607th 1913 68.3%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.50 231st 1691 86.3%
2019 69.71 342nd 1714 80.0%
2021 48.74 802nd 1743 54.0%
2022 64.77 400th 1762 77.3%
2023 67.52 399th 1820 78.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2011 0 0 0 212 0 0 1 0 213
2012 4 0 1 240 0 0 0 0 245
2013 5 0 1 351 0 0 0 0 357
2014 0 0 1 461 0 0 0 0 462
2015 1 0 1 581 0 0 0 0 583
2016 6 0 2 668 0 0 0 0 676
2017 8 0 2 760 0 0 0 0 770
2018 10 0 2 752 0 0 0 0 764
2019 12 0 1 751 0 0 0 0 764
2020 10 0 0 750 0 0 0 0 760
2021 14 0 0 783 0 0 0 0 797
2022 6 1 0 789 0 0 0 0 796
2023 4 1 0 766 0 0 0 0 771

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2011 213 12.2 17.4 91.1
2012 245 8.5 28.6 94.7
2013 357 14.0 25.5 93.8
2014 462 20.4 22.5 96.3
2015 583 27.0 21.5 97.6
2016 676 37.0 18.2 98.4
2017 770 40.1 19.1 97
2018 764 44.7 17.0 93.2
2019 764 n/a n/a 93.6
2020 760 42.9 17.7 93.8
2021 797 36.7 21.7 92.5
2022 796 43.8 18.1 92.8
2023 771 48.5 15.8 94.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2011 213 12.2 17.4 91.1
2012 245 8.5 28.6 94.7
2013 357 14.0 25.5 93.8
2014 462 20.4 22.5 96.3
2015 583 27.0 21.5 97.6
2016 676 37.0 18.2 98.4
2017 770 40.1 19.1 97
2018 764 44.7 17.0 93.2
2019 764 n/a n/a 93.6
2020 760 42.9 17.7 93.8
2021 797 36.7 21.7 92.5
2022 796 43.8 18.1 92.8
2023 771 48.5 15.8 94.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,507 (14.1%) $9,165 (85.9%) $10,672
2020 $1,680 (15.8%) $8,958 (84.2%) $10,638
2021 $1,691 (16.4%) $8,613 (83.6%) $10,304

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Idea College Preparatory Pharr

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 723rd of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 580th of 2330 Middle schools
 8.1%
Ranks 458th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 628th of 1961 High schools
 7.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)4161
 20%
   6th Grade Reading (Idea Public Schools)4053
 13%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)4349
 6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Idea Public Schools)5239
 13%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)5458
 4%
   7th Grade Reading (Idea Public Schools)5458
 4%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)4633
 13%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Idea Public Schools)5443
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)5771
 14%
   8th Grade Reading (Idea Public Schools)6462
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Science (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)5650
 6%
   8th Grade Science (Idea Public Schools)6350
 13%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4943
 6%
8th Grade Social Studies (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)2144
 23%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Idea Public Schools)5036
 14%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)6652
 14%
   End of Course Algebra I (Idea Public Schools)7044
 26%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)068
 68%
   End of Course Biology (Idea Public Schools)7963
 16%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)6161
   End of Course English I Reading (Idea Public Schools)7064
 6%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)6665
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Idea Public Schools)7067
 3%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Idea College Preparatory Pharr)9078
 12%
   End of Course U.S. History (Idea Public Schools)8679
 7%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students764771
 0.9%
African American01
American Indian00
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic751766
 2%
Pacific Islander00
White124
 66.7%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients93.6%94.7%
 1.1%


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Idea College Preparatory Pharr ranks 809th of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Idea College Preparatory Pharr are 99% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 771 students attended Idea College Preparatory Pharr.


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