Enrollment
183
Elementary
STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY·NCES 480143312793
Excellence in Leadership Academy
915 W EXPY 83, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 424-9504 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- B-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
11.1:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
152 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 35.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 14.0% | 30.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Excellence in Leadership Academy
Excellence in Leadership Academy's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Leadership Academy this school | 183 | 83.1% | 36.4% |
| Promesa College Prep Brownsville BROWNSVILLE | 185 | 84.3% | 39.6% |
| Psja Sotomayor Building Blocks Academy PHARR | 167 | 84.4% | N/A |
| La Pryor Elementary School LA PRYOR | 195 | 82.6% | 40.2% |
| Lorenzo Loya Primary School SAN ELIZARIO | 173 | 86.7% | N/A |
| Benito Martinez Elementary School FT HANCOCK | 227 | 82.8% | 31.2% |
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 Excellence in Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,022 of 4,401 | #141 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,193 of 4,466 ▼ 1,993 | #179 of 183 ▼ 83 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,823 of 4,466 ▲ 250 | #127 of 183 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #2,797 of 3,998 | #125 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #4,676 of 4,938 | #188 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #1,726 of 4,789 | #147 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #1,106 of 2,838 | #52 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
183
-117 (-39%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 183 | 16.5 | 11.1:1 | 83% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 20 | 11.0:1 | 86% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 23.1 | 11.4:1 | 86% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 87% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 19.2 | 12.1:1 | 84% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 201 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 89% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Excellence in Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (231 to 183); teachers down 14% (19.2 to 16.5).
About Excellence in Leadership Academy
Excellence in Leadership Academy is a small elementary school with its address in MISSION, Texas. It enrolled 183 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 65% lower than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
In federal data, the district for Excellence in Leadership Academy is the school itself.
Most students at Excellence in Leadership Academy are Hispanic: 99% of enrollment. The chance that two students picked at random at Excellence in Leadership Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
A ratio of 11.1:1 comes from the school's 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 83% of students at Excellence in Leadership Academy as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
allk12 grades Excellence in Leadership Academy a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Excellence in Leadership Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (36.4%) and its predicted rate (38.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
In the county around the school, Hidalgo County, median household income is about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. A total of 364 public schools operate in Hidalgo County, serving about 212,859 students.
The nearest other public school, Leal Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Excellence in Leadership Academy. By average proficiency, Excellence in Leadership Academy is 4th among 7 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Federal records list Excellence in Leadership Academy as a charter school.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 183 was 39% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 300. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.1:1.
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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 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
- Leal Elementary School0.4 mi · 436
- Pearson Elementary School0.5 mi · 307
- Brillante Academy0.8 mi · 354
- Marcell Elementary School1.0 mi · 378
- Vanguard Monet1.1 mi · 198
- Castro Elementary School1.1 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Excellence in Leadership AcademyHow many students attend Excellence in Leadership Academy?
Excellence in Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 183 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Excellence in Leadership Academy serve?
Excellence in Leadership Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Excellence in Leadership Academy have?
Excellence in Leadership Academy employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Excellence in Leadership Academy?
Student demographics at Excellence in Leadership Academy are roughly 99% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Excellence in Leadership Academy public or private?
Excellence in Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.