EDCOUCH-ELSA H S

EDCOUCH-ELSA H S operates as a sizable senior high in ELSA, Texas, operated by EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,309 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so EDCOUCH-ELSA H S sits 64% above that benchmark.

EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,349 students. EDCOUCH-ELSA H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, EDCOUCH-ELSA H S logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EDCOUCH-ELSA H S has 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EDCOUCH-ELSA H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EDCOUCH-ELSA H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household income runs about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which EDCOUCH-ELSA H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: EDCOUCH-ELSA H S ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EDCOUCH-ELSA H S. On composite proficiency, EDCOUCH-ELSA H S comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 1,394 students in 2018 compared to 1,309 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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