CANTU EL

As a moderately sized primary school in ALTON, Texas, CANTU EL instructs 521 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of MISSION CISD.

Across the 22 schools in MISSION CISD (13,765 students total), CANTU EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, CANTU EL lists that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 2% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, CANTU EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.4%.

In the surrounding community, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which CANTU EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALTON MEMORIAL J H, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CANTU EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANTU EL has expanded 21%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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