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What's one thing BETTS EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818008286
Betts Elementary School
2320 S CESAR CHAVEZ RD, EDINBURG, TX 75839 · (956) 289-2560 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
486 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 94 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
1%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% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp 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 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 31.0% | 18.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 32.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
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% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Betts Elementary School
Betts Elementary School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betts Elementary School this school | 534 | 91.0% | 45.1% |
| Rio Hondo Elementary School RIO HONDO | 527 | 90.9% | 36.9% |
| Gillette Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 527 | 91.5% | 33.6% |
| Tabasco Elementary School LA JOYA | 544 | 90.4% | 47.4% |
| Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School EDINBURG | 541 | 89.8% | 36.0% |
| Cantu Elementary School ALTON | 521 | 91.2% | 43.6% |
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 Betts Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,950 of 4,401 | #81 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,478 of 4,466 ▼ 119 | #64 of 183 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,343 of 4,466 ▲ 345 | #39 of 183 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #924 of 3,998 | #36 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,184 of 4,938 | #83 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,490 of 4,622 | #105 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.5% | #4,501 of 4,628 | #124 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #953 of 4,789 | #88 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.1% | #498 of 1,307 | #15 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
534
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 534 | 32.8 | 16.3:1 | 91% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 33.1 | 16.9:1 | 96% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 93% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 91% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 28.6 | 15.9:1 | 89% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 90% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 37% (206) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Betts Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (456 to 534); teachers up 15% (28.6 to 32.8).
About Betts Elementary School
Betts Elementary School sits in EDINBURG, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. It serves 534 students in pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 44 schools in EDINBURG CISD, with 33,343 students enrolled.
At Betts Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. Betts Elementary School has a diversity index of 1%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Betts Elementary School's 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.3:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 91%.
allk12 grades Betts Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Betts Elementary School is 10.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (45.1% versus 34.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In the county around the school, Hidalgo County, median household income is about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Betts Elementary School is among the 364 public schools in Hidalgo County.
The school nearest to Betts Elementary School is Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Within five miles of Betts Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Betts Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Betts Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 504 in 2020-21 and 534 in 2024-25, a increase of 30 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School0.1 mi · 541
- IDEA Toros College Preparatory1.1 mi · 258
- Edinburg High School1.4 mi · 2,267
- Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School1.6 mi · 399
- Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School1.8 mi · 554
- L B Johnson Elementary School2.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Betts Elementary SchoolHow large is Betts Elementary School?
Betts Elementary School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Betts Elementary School serve?
Betts Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Betts Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Betts Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Betts Elementary School?
At Betts Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Betts Elementary School?
Betts Elementary School is overseen by EDINBURG CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.