DR AMERICO PAREDES EL

As an average-sized primary school in MISSION, Texas, DR AMERICO PAREDES EL works with 465 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by LA JOYA ISD.

LA JOYA ISD comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 22,942 students; DR AMERICO PAREDES EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, DR AMERICO PAREDES EL reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DR AMERICO PAREDES EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, DR AMERICO PAREDES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 42.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hidalgo County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which DR AMERICO PAREDES EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DIAZ-VILLARREAL EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR AMERICO PAREDES EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DR AMERICO PAREDES EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. DR AMERICO PAREDES EL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 465).

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