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What do students at ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
715
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613010829
ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL
2612 N MOOREFIELD RD, MISSION, TX 78574 · (956) 323-2720 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
582 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
715
+166 (+30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.4:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
100%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL
As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in MISSION, Texas, ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL teaches 715 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by LA JOYA ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 519.
Across the 36 schools in LA JOYA ISD (22,942 students total), ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 54.3%, a residual of +16.0 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household earnings sit near $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL is one campus in the mix.
MEMORIAL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL has climbed 30%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 715 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. 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 H SHigh · 2,405 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELElementary · 676 students
- ANN RICHARDS MIDDLEMiddle · 665 students
- MEMORIAL MIDDLEMiddle · 663 students
Other schools in MISSION
- MISSION H SHigh · 2,154 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 1,737 students
- SHARYLAND H SHigh · 1,527 students
- SHARYLAND PIONEER H SHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE0.2 mi · 663
- IRENE M GARCIA MIDDLE0.5 mi · 601
- E B REYNA EL0.8 mi · 523
- WHITE J H1.2 mi · 831
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H S1.3 mi · 2,073
- IDEA PALMVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY1.3 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA ELHow large is ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL?
ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL enrolls approximately 715 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL serve?
ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL is approximately 15.8:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL?
ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL?
ENRIQUE KIKI CAMARENA EL is overseen by LA JOYA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.