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How has DIAZ-VILLARREAL EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613007356
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School
5543 LA HOMA RD, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-2470 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
14.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
490 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 78 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 0% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 35.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School this school | 527 | 93.0% | 52.8% |
| Wilbur E Lucas Elementary School PHARR | 530 | 93.0% | 56.8% |
| Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary School ROMA | 526 | 93.2% | 82.3% |
| Monte Cristo Elementary School EDINBURG | 535 | 92.9% | 39.6% |
| Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School RIO BRAVO | 535 | 93.5% | 46.4% |
| Villarreal Elementary School EDINBURG | 543 | 93.0% | 43.0% |
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 Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,214 of 4,401 | #40 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,013 of 4,466 ▲ 138 | #32 of 183 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,285 of 4,466 ▼ 463 | #93 of 183 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #908 of 3,998 | #39 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #2,266 of 4,938 | #87 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,243 of 4,622 | #46 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.4% | #4,576 of 4,628 | #154 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #741 of 4,789 | #72 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,394 of 2,838 | #69 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
527
+34 (+7%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 527 | 35.7 | 14.8:1 | 93% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 97% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 97% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 97% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 39.6 | 16.1:1 | 94% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 96% (676) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 1% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 922 | 49 | 18.8:1 | 94% (863) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (638 to 527); teachers down 10% (39.6 to 35.7).
About Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of MISSION, Texas. It has an enrollment of 527 students in pre-K through 5.
LA JOYA ISD runs 36 schools with a combined 22,942 students. Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is Hispanic, at 100%. The diversity index for Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is 0%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A total of 490 students, or 93%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School does better than predicted by 18.8 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.8%; the prediction is 34.0%.
In Hidalgo County, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County has 364 public schools with about 212,859 students, including Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is ahead of the 45.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The NCES locale for Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 527, from 493 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 LA JOYA ISD
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School0.7 mi · 465
- Juan De Dios Salinas Middle School0.8 mi · 648
- Domingo Trevino Middle School1.0 mi · 531
- Mission Collegiate High School1.3 mi · 399
- Elodia R Chapa Elementary School1.4 mi · 445
- Narciso Cavazos1.4 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Diaz-Villarreal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School?
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School serve?
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School have?
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School?
Student demographics at Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School?
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is overseen by LA JOYA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.