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Enrollment
786
Elementary
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESLACO ISD·NCES 484496006626
Airport Elementary School
410 N AIRPORT DR, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6770 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL786 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
18.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
678 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 | 138 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
4%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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +49.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 49 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 | 26.0% | 35.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Airport Elementary School
Airport Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Elementary School this school | 786 | 86.3% | 39.7% |
| Sam Houston Elementary School WESLACO | 761 | 85.3% | 55.1% |
| North Bridge Elementary School WESLACO | 775 | 87.6% | 43.3% |
| Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School LAREDO | 824 | 87.5% | 47.4% |
| Ryan Elementary School LAREDO | 834 | 86.9% | 75.2% |
| Escontrias Steam Academy EL PASO | 824 | 87.7% | 40.3% |
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 Airport Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #2,626 of 4,401 | #122 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,616 of 4,466 ▲ 1,280 | #70 of 183 ▲ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,405 of 4,466 ▲ 1,247 | #45 of 183 ▲ 77 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #770 of 3,998 | #33 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 786 | #503 of 4,938 | #6 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #4,235 of 4,622 | #155 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.3% | #4,352 of 4,628 | #73 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #1,455 of 4,789 | #130 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.4% | #175 of 1,307 | #2 of 53 |
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
786
+54 (+7%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,069
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 786 | 43.5 | 18.1:1 | 86% (678) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 47 | 16.9:1 | 87% (692) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 44 | 18.0:1 | 86% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 90% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 41.6 | 13.7:1 | 81% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 82% (551) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 46 | 14.7:1 | 44% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 1,069 | 58 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Airport Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (568 to 786); teachers up 5% (41.6 to 43.5).
About Airport Elementary School
Located in WESLACO, Texas, Airport Elementary School is a large elementary school. The school has 786 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
The WESLACO ISD system has 20 schools and 16,300 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Airport Elementary School is Hispanic, at 98%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Airport Elementary School scores 4%.
The school had 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Hidalgo County is similar, at 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Airport Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 55% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 36.9% for a school in Texas with Airport Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Airport Elementary School posts 39.7%.
In Hidalgo County, home to about 891,977 people, median household income comes to about $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 364 public schools in the county, enrolling about 212,859, Airport Elementary School among them.
IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.0%; Airport Elementary School's is 39.7%, ranking 6th of 6.
NCES assigns Airport Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.6:1 to 18.1:1.
This page is set up for the Airport Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- IDEA Weslaco Pike College Preparatory0.5 mi · 758
- IDEA Weslaco Pike Academy0.5 mi · 734
- Career and College Development Center0.5 mi · 50
- Premier H S of Weslaco0.7 mi · 112
- Texasworks - Weslaco0.7 mi · 29
- Sam Houston Elementary School0.8 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Airport Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Airport Elementary School?
Airport Elementary School enrolls approximately 786 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Airport Elementary School serve?
Airport Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Airport Elementary School have?
Airport Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Airport Elementary School?
Student demographics at Airport Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Airport Elementary School?
Airport 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.