CARL C WAITZ EL

CARL C WAITZ EL is one of the cozy elementary campuss in ALTON, Texas, operated by MISSION CISD, with 361 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CARL C WAITZ EL sits 30% below that benchmark.

MISSION CISD runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 13,765 students. CARL C WAITZ EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CARL C WAITZ EL shows that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, CARL C WAITZ EL logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARL C WAITZ EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. CARL C WAITZ EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

RAQUEL CAVAZOS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CARL C WAITZ EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

CARL C WAITZ EL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. CARL C WAITZ EL's enrollment has decreased 37% since 2018, when it stood at 576 (now 361). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.