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IDEA OWASSA ACADEMY

PublicRegularCharter
PHARR, Texas · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Teachers29.0FTE
Ratio24.4:1students per teacher
Students708enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students708
Grade Span0–5
Student:Teacher24.4:1
Free/Reduced Lunch86%
Title INo
SectorCharter
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
13.1%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
33
14%vs prior yr
Enrollment
699
1.3%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.0:118.1:122.2:126.3:130.4:134.5:12020202120222023202433.1:124.1:123.8:124.4:121.2:1IDEA OWASSA ACADEMYUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

579629678728777827172024283235202020212022202320245966748107086991828342933EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment596674810708699
Teacher FTE1828342933
Pupil : Teacher ratio33.1:124.1:123.8:124.4:121.2:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.