High · Texas
IDEA Owassa College Preparatory
CharterFree meals for allIDEA Owassa College Preparatory, a public high school in Pharr, Texas: grades 6–12, 689 students, 15.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of IDEA Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 689
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.5
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 65% of high schools in Texas
Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared
More students per teacher than 58% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 64% of high schools in Texas
Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared
Larger than 65% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%47%proficient
−5.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 65% of high schools in Texas
Median 53% · 314 high schools compared
344 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%32%proficient
−2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in Texas
Median 34% · 308 high schools compared
244 students tested, grades 6, 7 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- IDEA Public Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with IDEA Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1000 E Owassa Rd, Pharr, TX 78577
- Phone
- (956)588-4300
- City or town
- Pharr
- County
- Hidalgo County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Psja North Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,166 | 14.6 | — | — |
Premier High Schools - Edinburg Career & TechnicalCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 153 | 17.6 | — | — |
Texasworks - Edinburg-CTECharterAlternative | 9–12 | 47 | 28.0 | — | — |
Edinburg H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,267 | 13.5 | — | — |
Robert R Vela H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,101 | 14.3 | — | — |
IDEA College Preparatory San JuanCharterFree meals for all | 6–12 | 741 | 15.2 | 47% | 34% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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