A N RICO EL

A N RICO EL, a large primary school in WESLACO, Texas, one of the schools within WESLACO ISD, hosts 780 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

WESLACO ISD comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 16,300 students; A N RICO EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, A N RICO EL records that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at A N RICO EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, A N RICO EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which A N RICO EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARY HOGE MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A N RICO EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 819 students in 2018 compared to 780 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.