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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818009567
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School
2510 S CESAR CHAVEZ, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2308 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
486 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 96 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp 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 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% |
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% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Thomas Esparza Elementary School
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School this school | 541 | 89.8% | 36.0% |
| Tabasco Elementary School LA JOYA | 544 | 90.4% | 47.4% |
| Betts Elementary School EDINBURG | 534 | 91.0% | 45.1% |
| Julian S Adame DONNA | 562 | 90.6% | 36.3% |
| Rio Hondo Elementary School RIO HONDO | 527 | 90.9% | 36.9% |
| Lancaster Elementary School EL PASO | 517 | 89.6% | 48.3% |
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 Thomas Esparza Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,065 of 4,401 | #145 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,387 of 4,466 ▲ 2,063 | #56 of 183 ▲ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,252 of 4,466 ▲ 1,156 | #92 of 183 ▲ 63 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,408 of 3,998 | #113 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #2,121 of 4,938 | #80 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #4,143 of 4,622 | #149 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,598 of 4,628 | #167 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #1,092 of 4,789 | #96 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.8% | #338 of 1,307 | #8 of 53 |
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
541
+140 (+35%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 541 | 30.5 | 17.8:1 | 90% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 31.4 | 16.6:1 | 92% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 27.8 | 15.6:1 | 89% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 87% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 30.4 | 14.4:1 | 88% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 89% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (437 to 541); teachers unchanged (30.4 to 30.5).
About Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School, located in EDINBURG, Texas, is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 541 students, covering pre-K through 5.
EDINBURG CISD enrolls 33,343 students in 44 schools, including Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School.
Hispanic students account for 100% of the school's enrollment. Hidalgo County's residents are about 92% Hispanic, 8 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 0, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School comes to 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.8:1. The school's 17.8:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. On the income side, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Texas public elementary schools.
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.0% and a predicted 35.3%.
In Hidalgo County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Public schools in Hidalgo County number 364, with about 212,859 students.
Betts Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 140 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.4:1 to 17.8:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- Betts Elementary School0.1 mi · 534
- IDEA Toros College Preparatory1.0 mi · 258
- Edinburg High School1.4 mi · 2,267
- Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School1.6 mi · 399
- Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School1.7 mi · 554
- L B Johnson Elementary School2.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School?
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School serve?
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School?
At Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic.
Is Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School public or private?
Dr Thomas Esparza Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EDINBURG CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.