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IDEA Owassa Academy, Pharr, TX

Charter schoolCEP schoolIDEA Owassa Academy is a public elementary school in Pharr, part of IDEA Public Schools. It enrolled 699 students in 2024-25, with 21.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "IDEA OWASSA ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
699
Teachers (FTE)
33.0
Students per teacher
21.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.8 higher than the district figure of 18.4. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.2
District18.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
1000 E Owassa Rd, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone
(956)351-4959
District
IDEA Public Schools
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
480021113712
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
562
Reduced-price lunch
11
Free or reduced-price lunch
57382.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in IDEA Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Pharr

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.