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What's the one class at DR AMERICO PAREDES EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613010830
Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School
5301 BENTSEN PALM DR, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-2730 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+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
15.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
447 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 | 86 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp 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 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Schools most like Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School
Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School this school | 465 | 96.1% | 39.1% |
| William J Clinton Elementary School PENITAS | 463 | 96.3% | 43.6% |
| San Carlos Elementary School EDINBURG | 471 | 97.0% | 42.1% |
| Thigpen-Zavala Elementary School MCALLEN | 470 | 96.6% | 64.0% |
| Pstem Academy HOUSTON | 482 | 96.3% | 42.6% |
| Eliot Elementary School HOUSTON | 464 | 95.5% | 49.1% |
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 Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,711 of 4,401 | #127 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,563 of 4,466 ▼ 182 | #166 of 183 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,855 of 4,466 ▼ 523 | #169 of 183 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #858 of 3,998 | #35 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #2,862 of 4,938 | #116 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,167 of 4,622 | #89 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,611 of 4,628 | #179 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #373 of 4,789 | #34 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #2,734 of 2,838 | #126 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
465
+69 (+17%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 465 | 29.4 | 15.8:1 | 96% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 97% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 34.3 | 14.9:1 | 96% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 96% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 95% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 97% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (473 to 465); teachers down 5% (31 to 29.4).
About Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School
Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School is an elementary school in MISSION, Texas, according to federal school records. It educates 465 students in pre-K through 5.
LA JOYA ISD enrolls 22,942 students, and its 36 schools include Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School.
The large majority of students at Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School, 100%, are Hispanic. The county population is about 92% Hispanic. Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School has a diversity index of 0%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1 at Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School, with 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 96%. It compares with 85% for public schools in Hidalgo County.
allk12 grades Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School is 6.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.1% actual, 32.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Hidalgo County has about 891,977 residents, and median household income is about $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, with a combined enrollment of about 212,859.
Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 17%, from 396 to 465. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.7 to 15.8 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School0.7 mi · 527
- Narciso Cavazos0.8 mi · 471
- Elodia R Chapa Elementary School0.8 mi · 445
- Juan De Dios Salinas Middle School0.9 mi · 648
- Patricio Perez Elementary School0.9 mi · 421
- Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School1.3 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Americo Paredes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School?
Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School serve?
Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School?
At Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic.
Is Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School public or private?
Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LA JOYA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.