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Weslaco, Florida - 4 schools
2,334
Total Enrollment
4
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Idea Public Schools operates 4 public schools serving 2,334 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hidalgo County.
. Demographically, the student body averages 61.8% African American, 32.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Idea River Bluff, with a diversity index of 52.0/100.
Its largest campus is Idea Victory, enrolling 1,316 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Idea Victory accounts for 31.7% of all Idea Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Idea Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Idea Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 90.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Idea Public Schools has 4 schools, including 4 combined. Total enrollment is 2,334 students.
What is the demographic composition of Idea Public Schools?
Idea Public Schools students are 61.8% African American, 32.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% White, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.