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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BLANCA E SANCHEZ this year?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCALLEN ISD·NCES 482967011472
Blanca E Sanchez
2901 INCARNATE WORD, MCALLEN, TX 78504 · (956) 971-1100 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
283 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 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 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Blanca E Sanchez
Blanca E Sanchez's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanca E Sanchez this school | 502 | 56.4% | 57.3% |
| Rayburn Elementary School MCALLEN | 530 | 57.5% | 65.0% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School DEL RIO | 515 | 54.4% | 41.3% |
| Liberty Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 539 | 53.6% | 65.5% |
| Charles Borchers Elementary School LAREDO | 456 | 54.6% | 61.6% |
| Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School MISSION | 472 | 55.1% | 64.5% |
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 Blanca E Sanchez ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #917 of 4,401 | #19 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,519 of 4,466 ▼ 688 | #66 of 183 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #897 of 4,466 ▼ 149 | #15 of 183 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #808 of 3,998 | #33 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #2,527 of 4,938 | #105 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,794 of 4,622 | #128 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.7% | #4,197 of 4,628 | #40 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #3,299 of 4,789 | #183 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #1,009 of 1,307 | #35 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
502
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 502 | 29.9 | 16.8:1 | 56% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 33.9 | 14.2:1 | 59% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 34.8 | 14.8:1 | 61% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 66% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 32.1 | 14.9:1 | 66% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 65% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blanca E Sanchez.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (480 to 502); teachers down 7% (32.1 to 29.9).
About Blanca E Sanchez
Blanca E Sanchez is one of the public schools in MCALLEN, Texas. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 502 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
MCALLEN ISD runs 31 schools with a combined 19,890 students. Blanca E Sanchez is one of them.
Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at Blanca E Sanchez. Next come 3% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
There are 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.8:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Of all students at Blanca E Sanchez, 56% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County, the school's rate is lower.
Blanca E Sanchez's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.3%) and its predicted rate (49.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Looking at the county, Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County has 364 public schools with about 212,859 students, including Blanca E Sanchez.
Blanca E Sanchez is about 0.6 miles from Michael E Fossum Middle School, its nearest public school. Blanca E Sanchez has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 56.4% on proficiency, and Blanca E Sanchez is above that at 57.3%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 516 students in 2020-21 to 502 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.3:1 to 16.8:1.
This page is set up for the Blanca E Sanchez community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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 MCALLEN ISD
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Rowe High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Michael E Fossum Middle School0.6 mi · 791
- Dr Pablo Perez1.3 mi · 601
- Cavazos Elementary School1.4 mi · 479
- Morris Middle School1.4 mi · 999
- Garza Elementary School1.5 mi · 409
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School1.6 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Blanca E SanchezHow many students attend Blanca E Sanchez?
Blanca E Sanchez enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
Is Blanca E Sanchez an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blanca E Sanchez is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Blanca E Sanchez?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Blanca E Sanchez.
How diverse is Blanca E Sanchez?
Blanca E Sanchez reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Blanca E Sanchez public or private?
Blanca E Sanchez is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.