HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY

HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in HARLINGEN, Texas, overseen by HARLINGEN CISD, educateing 255 students in grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY sits 51% below that benchmark.

Across the 31 schools in HARLINGEN CISD (17,506 students total), HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY reports that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 6% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cameron County's rate of about 84%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cameron County shows median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LONG EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HCISD EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY.

The school occupies an urban site.

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