Idea Public Schools
A public school district in Weslaco, Texas, with 125 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 79,430
- Students enrolled
- 4,309.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 8,711.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,857
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 79,430 in 2024–25
- Ranks 42nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 7th of 1,211 in Texas. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,857 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 15% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Idea Public Schools spent $11,857 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,973 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,857 | $880.0 million | 74,217 |
| FY2022 | $11,912 | $809.9 million | 67,988 |
| FY2021 | $10,445 | $649.3 million | 62,158 |
| FY2020 | $10,655 | $527.2 million | 49,480 |
| FY2019 | $9,804 | $419.1 million | 42,748 |
| FY2018 | $9,281 | $330.4 million | 35,595 |
| FY2017 | $9,117 | $267.4 million | 29,335 |
| FY2016 | $8,965 | $210.9 million | 23,526 |
| FY2015 | $8,573 | $164.8 million | 19,227 |
| FY2014 | $8,741 | $135.8 million | 15,535 |
| FY2013 | $8,685 | $109.1 million | 12,567 |
| FY2012 | $8,619 | $81.9 million | 9,505 |
| FY2011 | $9,163 | $62.8 million | 6,855 |
| FY2010 | $9,197 | $50.7 million | 5,515 |
| FY2009 | $8,642 | $34.2 million | 3,954 |
| FY2008 | $8,423 | $22.9 million | 2,714 |
| FY2007 | $7,349 | $15.2 million | 2,073 |
| FY2006 | $7,682 | $6.9 million | 896 |
| FY2005 | $7,973 | $5.3 million | 659 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $189.7 million | 18.7% |
| State | $810.9 million | 79.8% |
| Local | $15.4 million | 1.5% |
| Total | $1.0 billion |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
125 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 4800211
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Texas — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Texas — A to Z, each with its page.
- Texas on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved