ESCANDON EL

ESCANDON EL operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in MCALLEN, Texas, part of MCALLEN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 478 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

ESCANDON EL is one of 31 schools operated by MCALLEN ISD, a district that caters to 19,890 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ESCANDON EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

In terms of school funding signals, ESCANDON EL reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ESCANDON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ESCANDON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 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), ESCANDON EL is one campus in the mix.

BROWN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ESCANDON EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

ESCANDON EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ESCANDON EL has ticked up 17%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.