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Enrollment
780
Elementary
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESLACO ISD·NCES 484496007002
A N Rico Elementary School
2202 N INTERNATIONAL BLVD, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6815 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
697 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 143 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 8.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like A N Rico Elementary School
A N Rico Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A N Rico Elementary School this school | 780 | 89.4% | 43.3% |
| North Bridge Elementary School WESLACO | 775 | 87.6% | 43.3% |
| La Academia De Estrellas DALLAS | 727 | 89.5% | 42.4% |
| Aida C Escobar Elementary School PHARR | 735 | 90.5% | 57.1% |
| Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School LAREDO | 824 | 87.5% | 47.4% |
| Escamilla Elementary School HOUSTON | 809 | 88.8% | 31.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where A N Rico Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,180 of 4,401 | #91 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,815 of 4,466 ▲ 572 | #87 of 183 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,213 of 4,466 ▼ 25 | #89 of 183 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #592 of 3,998 | #22 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #526 of 4,938 | #7 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #4,479 of 4,622 | #164 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.1% | #4,409 of 4,628 | #86 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #1,144 of 4,789 | #99 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #2,480 of 2,838 | #118 of 128 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
780
+38 (+5%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 936
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 780 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 89% (697) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 44.5 | 18.4:1 | 91% (748) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 45.3 | 16.9:1 | 91% (691) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 91% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 819 | 46.5 | 17.6:1 | 86% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | 46 | 18.9:1 | 87% (759) |
| 2010-11 | 1,006 | 60 | 16.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 40% (371) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A N Rico Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (819 to 780); teachers down 18% (46.5 to 38).
About A N Rico Elementary School
A N Rico Elementary School is a large elementary school. Its address is in WESLACO, Texas. In all, 780 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 50% above the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
WESLACO ISD is responsible for 20 schools, A N Rico Elementary School included, with 16,300 students in all.
Roughly 98% of students at A N Rico Elementary School are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. The school has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Texas public elementary schools, A N Rico Elementary School outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Texas, A N Rico Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.3% actual against a predicted 35.5%.
In Hidalgo County, home to about 891,977 people, median household income comes to about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County's 364 public schools enroll about 212,859 students and include A N Rico Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Mary Hoge Middle School is about 0.3 miles from A N Rico Elementary School. The five-mile area around A N Rico Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 43.8% proficiency; A N Rico Elementary School posts 43.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 742 in 2020-21 to 780 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.5:1 to 20.5:1.
This page collects posts and questions about A N Rico Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WESLACO ISD
- Weslaco High SchoolHigh · 2,699 students
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,109 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
Other schools in WESLACO
- Weslaco High SchoolHigh · 2,699 students
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,109 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Hoge Middle School0.3 mi · 830
- IDEA College Prep Weslaco0.6 mi · 728
- IDEA Academy Weslaco0.6 mi · 649
- Texasworks - Weslaco0.8 mi · 29
- Premier H S of Weslaco0.8 mi · 112
- Airport Elementary School1.5 mi · 786
Frequently asked questions
About A N Rico Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at A N Rico Elementary School?
A N Rico Elementary School enrolls approximately 780 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does A N Rico Elementary School serve?
A N Rico Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at A N Rico Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at A N Rico Elementary School is approximately 20.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is A N Rico Elementary School?
A N Rico Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees A N Rico Elementary School?
A N Rico Elementary School is overseen by WESLACO ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.