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Enrollment
584
Middle
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD·NCES 481806005980
CARLOS F TRUAN J H
700 E CIRO CACERES, ELSA, TX 78543 · (956) 262-6082 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
530 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
19.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
584
-490 (-46%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.1:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
100%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARLOS F TRUAN J H
CARLOS F TRUAN J H operates as a mid-tier middle school in ELSA, Texas, one of the schools within EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 584 students spanning grades 7 through 8.
EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,349 students; CARLOS F TRUAN J H is among them.
Looking at the student body, CARLOS F TRUAN J H logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Hidalgo County as a whole is about 92% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting CARLOS F TRUAN J H tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARLOS F TRUAN J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 29.0%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), CARLOS F TRUAN J H is one campus in the mix.
EDCOUCH-ELSA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARLOS F TRUAN J H at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARLOS F TRUAN J H has shrank 46%, going from 1,074 students in 2018 to 584 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD
- EDCOUCH-ELSA H SHigh · 1,309 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON ELElementary · 470 students
- RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ ELElementary · 457 students
- JORGE R GUTIERREZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 454 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELElementary · 383 students
- SANTIAGO GARCIA ELElementary · 358 students
Other schools in ELSA
- EDCOUCH-ELSA H SHigh · 1,309 students
- IDEA ELSA COLLEGE PREPARATORYHigh · 737 students
- IDEA ELSA ACADEMYElementary · 718 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON ELElementary · 470 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELElementary · 383 students
- EDCOUCH-ELSA H S ACADEMYHigh · 70 students
Nearby schools
- EDCOUCH-ELSA H S0.3 mi · 1,309
- EDCOUCH-ELSA H S ACADEMY0.4 mi · 70
- RUBEN C RODRIGUEZ EL0.6 mi · 457
- LYNDON B JOHNSON EL0.6 mi · 470
- JORGE R GUTIERREZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.6 mi · 454
- IDEA ELSA ACADEMY0.8 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About CARLOS F TRUAN J HWhat is the total enrollment at CARLOS F TRUAN J H?
CARLOS F TRUAN J H enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does CARLOS F TRUAN J H serve?
CARLOS F TRUAN J H serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CARLOS F TRUAN J H?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at CARLOS F TRUAN J H.
How diverse is CARLOS F TRUAN J H?
CARLOS F TRUAN J H reports a student body of 100% Hispanic.
What district is CARLOS F TRUAN J H in?
CARLOS F TRUAN J H is part of EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD.
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