Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCALLEN ISD·NCES 482967003335
Houston Elementary School
3221 OLGA AVE, MCALLEN, TX 78503 · (956) 971-1167 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
348 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
5%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Houston Elementary School
Houston Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Elementary School this school | 397 | 87.7% | 42.6% |
| Lamar Elementary School HARLINGEN | 401 | 88.5% | 40.4% |
| Roberto Garate Elementary School MONTE ALTO | 386 | 88.3% | 33.8% |
| Marcell Elementary School MISSION | 378 | 86.5% | 36.8% |
| Pasodale Elementary School EL PASO | 416 | 88.7% | 45.9% |
| M Rivas Pri Discovery Academy DONNA | 413 | 87.7% | N/A |
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 Houston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,257 of 4,401 | #97 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,518 of 4,466 ▲ 27 | #65 of 183 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,551 of 4,466 ▲ 606 | #52 of 183 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,155 of 3,998 | #99 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #3,505 of 4,938 | #147 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,826 of 4,622 | #36 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #4,325 of 4,628 | #65 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #1,324 of 4,789 | #119 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #885 of 2,838 | #45 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
397
-56 (-12%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 397 | 27.7 | 14.3:1 | 88% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 88% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 28.1 | 13.5:1 | 87% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 89% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 32.2 | 16.1:1 | 87% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 85% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 93% (525) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (520 to 397); teachers down 14% (32.2 to 27.7).
About Houston Elementary School
Among the schools in MCALLEN, Texas, is Houston Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 397 students. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 24% below average.
MCALLEN ISD is the local district for Houston Elementary School. It runs 31 schools with 19,890 students.
Roughly 97% of students at Houston Elementary School are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 3% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 5%.
There are about 14.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Houston Elementary School, which has 27.7. The school's 14.3:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 88%.
Houston Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, Houston Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.6% actual against a predicted 36.3%.
Hidalgo County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $54,338 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Houston Elementary School shares Hidalgo County with 363 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory is about 0.4 miles from Houston Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Houston Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 453 in 2020-21 to 397 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Houston Elementary School, such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 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
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Other Houston Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 5 states are named Houston Elementary. Houston Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 14.
- Houston Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 741 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 689 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 613 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolDENTON, TX · 537 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 496 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory0.4 mi · 753
- IDEA Los Encinos Academy0.4 mi · 770
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.5 mi · 357
- Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School1.5 mi · 472
- Brown Middle School1.7 mi · 580
- Escandon Elementary School2.1 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Houston Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Houston Elementary School?
Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Houston Elementary School serve?
Houston Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houston Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Houston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Houston Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 97% Hispanic.
Is Houston Elementary School public or private?
Houston Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.