FIELDS EL

FIELDS EL is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in MCALLEN, Texas, operated by MCALLEN ISD, teacheing 443 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MCALLEN ISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 19,890 students; FIELDS EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FIELDS EL reports that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, FIELDS EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, FIELDS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Hidalgo County shows median household income runs about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which FIELDS EL is one.

TRAVIS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FIELDS EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the FIELDS EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.