Total enrollment
19,890
-1,162 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
31 schools in MCALLEN ISD
Texas · 19,890 students · 2 cities
MCALLEN ISD runs 31 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES data, with combined enrollment near 19,890 and an average school size of 642.
4-year change in MCALLEN ISD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
31
+1 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How MCALLEN ISD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #152 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 19,890 | #72 of 760 | #406 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 31 | #65 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #373 of 758 | #4,268 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 70.0% | #258 of 750 | #1,947 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #511 of 557 | #6,442 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside MCALLEN ISD
State test results across the district's 28 scored schools run from Achieve Early College High School at 85.4% proficient to Wilson Elementary School at 33.7%, a gap of 51.8 points. That is the 60th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 30 district schools that reported both years went from 22,218 to 19,889 students (down 10%) and from 1,503 to 1,436 full-time teachers (down 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About MCALLEN ISD
Across 31 schools, MCALLEN ISD hosts about 19,890 students in Texas. By footprint it is a small district.
On the school-mix side, MCALLEN ISD is built around 18 elementary, 6 middle, and 7 high schools.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 19,890 students, fell 6% from the 21,052 reported in SY 2020-21. MCALLEN ISD now counts 31 public schools, up from 30 in SY 2020-21.
In the discussion threads here, the community for MCALLEN ISD discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.