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Enrollment
818
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCALLEN ISD·NCES 482967021348
Gonzalez Elementary School
201 E MARTIN AVE, MCALLEN, TX 78504 · (956) 971-4577 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
230 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
80.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 59.0% | 21.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 80.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 62.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Gonzalez Elementary School
Gonzalez Elementary School's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez Elementary School this school | 818 | 28.1% | 74.1% |
| Tippin Elementary School EL PASO | 784 | 28.2% | 65.7% |
| Marguerite J Lundy Elementary School EL PASO | 831 | 28.3% | 64.7% |
| Ellison Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 780 | 32.6% | 53.9% |
| Roan Forest Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 873 | 36.8% | 68.9% |
| Stone Oak Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 804 | 33.2% | 79.9% |
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 Gonzalez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #212 of 4,401 | #3 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #553 of 4,466 ▼ 266 | #9 of 183 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #269 of 4,466 ▼ 99 | #2 of 183 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #914 of 3,998 | #41 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #389 of 4,938 | #4 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,525 of 4,622 | #109 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #3,290 of 4,628 | #1 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #4,266 of 4,789 | #190 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #2,229 of 2,838 | #105 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
818
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 818 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 28% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 792 | 52.8 | 15.0:1 | 35% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 797 | 51.1 | 15.6:1 | 36% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 33% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 50.7 | 17.5:1 | 33% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 48 | 17.8:1 | 35% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | 50 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 754 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 22% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gonzalez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (888 to 818); teachers down 1% (50.7 to 50).
About Gonzalez Elementary School
In MCALLEN, Texas, part of Hidalgo County, Gonzalez Elementary School is an elementary school. It educates 818 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 58% larger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
MCALLEN ISD includes 31 schools. Together they enroll 19,890 students.
Gonzalez Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 80% Hispanic. It is also 9% Asian and 8% White. For comparison, the population of Hidalgo County is roughly 92% Hispanic. Gonzalez Elementary School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 50 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.4:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%. On average, public schools in Hidalgo County report 85%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Gonzalez Elementary School's results are 12.4 points above predicted: 74.1% against 61.7%.
Across Hidalgo County, median household income is about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The public schools of Hidalgo County number 364 and enroll about 212,859.
The school nearest to Gonzalez Elementary School is Rayburn Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Within five miles of Gonzalez Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Gonzalez Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 818, close to the 838 recorded in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Gonzalez Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 MCALLEN ISD
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Rowe High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolElementary · 811 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Milam Elementary SchoolElementary · 811 students
Other Gonzalez Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gonzalez Elementary. Gonzalez Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolBROWNSVILLE, TX · 596 students
Nearby schools
- Rayburn Elementary School1.0 mi · 530
- Morris Middle School1.2 mi · 999
- Alfonso Ramirez Elementary School1.3 mi · 661
- Dr Pablo Perez1.3 mi · 601
- Premier High Schools - Edinburg Career & Technical1.4 mi · 153
- Texasworks - Edinburg-CTE1.4 mi · 47
Frequently asked questions
About Gonzalez Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gonzalez Elementary School?
Gonzalez Elementary School enrolls approximately 818 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gonzalez Elementary School serve?
Gonzalez Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gonzalez Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gonzalez Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gonzalez Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gonzalez Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Gonzalez Elementary School?
Gonzalez Elementary School is overseen by MCALLEN ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.