HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY

Set in MCALLEN, Texas, HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY is a close-knit primary school, part of HORIZON MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It hosts 331 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in HORIZON MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1,164 students total), HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 81% of students at HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

In the broader community, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-MCALLEN, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. HORIZON MONTESSORI - STEM ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 44%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025.

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