HENRY B GONZALEZ EL

HENRY B GONZALEZ EL operates as a cozy primary school in MISSION, Texas, operated by LA JOYA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 391 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Across the 36 schools in LA JOYA ISD (22,942 students total), HENRY B GONZALEZ EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HENRY B GONZALEZ EL reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HENRY B GONZALEZ EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of +12.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) records that median household income runs about $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 HENRY B GONZALEZ EL is one.

PATRICIO PEREZ EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HENRY B GONZALEZ EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. HENRY B GONZALEZ EL's enrollment has contracted 35% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 391). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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