Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818007354
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School
1701 S RAUL LONGORIA, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2380 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- B+Beats 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
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
303 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 84 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
5%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School this school | 399 | 75.9% | 44.8% |
| Bill Childress Elementary School VINTON | 386 | 75.6% | 42.5% |
| Nellie Mae Glass Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 438 | 75.3% | 39.7% |
| Raul Garza Jr Steam Academy SAN BENITO | 437 | 75.3% | 47.3% |
| Kennedy Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 424 | 78.1% | N/A |
| Castaneda Elementary School MCALLEN | 374 | 74.3% | 55.4% |
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 Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,989 of 4,401 | #83 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,217 of 4,466 ▲ 699 | #46 of 183 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,926 of 4,466 ▲ 422 | #74 of 183 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #742 of 3,998 | #31 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #3,489 of 4,938 | #145 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,563 of 4,622 | #62 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.4% | #4,299 of 4,628 | #58 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #2,219 of 4,789 | #168 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #1,656 of 2,838 | #86 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
399
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 399 | 26.4 | 15.1:1 | 76% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 86% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 26.2 | 15.2:1 | 78% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 83% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 85% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 87% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 36% (198) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (466 to 399); teachers down 9% (29 to 26.4).
About Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School sits in EDINBURG, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. Federal data show 399 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
EDINBURG CISD runs 44 schools with a combined 33,343 students. Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 15.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School, which has 26.4. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School is about 76%. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 9 points.
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.8% actual against a predicted 41.3%.
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 about 23% of people live in poverty. Hidalgo County's 364 public schools enroll about 212,859 students and include Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School, is the closest to Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School. On proficiency, Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School is behind the 52.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School had a net gain of 19 students, or 5%.
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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
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- 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
- Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School0.2 mi · 554
- Edinburg Collegiate High School0.6 mi · 466
- L B Johnson Elementary School0.7 mi · 402
- IDEA Toros College Preparatory0.7 mi · 258
- Travis Elementary School0.8 mi · 337
- Francisco Barrientes Middle School0.8 mi · 1,064
Frequently asked questions
About Cano-Gonzalez Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School?
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School serve?
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School.
How diverse is Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School?
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School public or private?
Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EDINBURG CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.