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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARYLAND ISD·NCES 483993007043
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School
510 N GLASSCOCK BLVD, ALTON, TX 78573 · (956) 580-5252 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- C-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
16.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
541 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 48 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
36.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
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 Jessie L Jensen Elementary School
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie L Jensen Elementary School this school | 615 | 88.0% | 42.6% |
| IDEA Academy San Juan SAN JUAN | 617 | 87.8% | 39.6% |
| Gonzalez Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 596 | 88.8% | 57.1% |
| Sageland Elementary School EL PASO | 601 | 88.7% | 49.7% |
| IDEA Academy Weslaco WESLACO | 649 | 88.6% | 37.8% |
| Lauro Cavazos Elementary School ODESSA | 614 | 86.8% | 19.4% |
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 Jessie L Jensen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,260 of 4,401 | #98 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,276 of 4,466 ▼ 381 | #154 of 183 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,183 of 4,466 ▼ 680 | #140 of 183 ▼ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #931 of 3,998 | #42 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #1,500 of 4,938 | #53 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,573 of 4,622 | #116 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #4,155 of 4,628 | #31 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #1,284 of 4,789 | #113 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #1,718 of 2,838 | #89 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
615
+75 (+14%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 615 | 37.4 | 16.4:1 | 88% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 34.8 | 16.3:1 | 87% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 35.1 | 15.5:1 | 88% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 90% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 90% (642) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 89% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 84% (596) |
| 2000-01 | 761 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 73% (552) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jessie L Jensen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (713 to 615); teachers down 13% (43 to 37.4).
About Jessie L Jensen Elementary School
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ALTON, Texas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 615 students enrolled.
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School falls under SHARYLAND ISD, which has 13 schools enrolling 9,844 students.
Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at Jessie L Jensen Elementary School. Next come 4% White. The Hispanic share in Hidalgo County as a whole is similar, at about 92%. Jessie L Jensen Elementary School's diversity index is 9%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Jessie L Jensen Elementary School total 37.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.4:1. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 88%.
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jessie L Jensen Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 42.6% actual against 36.1% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Jessie L Jensen Elementary School is one of 364 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Jessie L Jensen Elementary School is Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Jessie L Jensen Elementary School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 615, a 14% rise from 540 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 14.6:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Community posts for Jessie L Jensen Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SHARYLAND ISD
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Sharyland North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- B L Gray Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- John H Shary Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
Other schools in ALTON
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Domingo Trevino Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Cantu Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Raquel Cavazos Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Mission Collegiate High SchoolHigh · 399 students
- Carl C Waitz Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary School0.9 mi · 648
- Sharyland Pioneer High School1.1 mi · 1,511
- Rafael A Cantu Junior High School1.7 mi · 591
- Alton Elementary School1.9 mi · 337
- Sharyland North Junior High School2.0 mi · 791
- Donna Wernecke Elementary School2.1 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Jessie L Jensen Elementary SchoolHow large is Jessie L Jensen Elementary School?
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Jessie L Jensen Elementary School serve?
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Jessie L Jensen Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Jessie L Jensen Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jessie L Jensen Elementary School?
At Jessie L Jensen Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Jessie L Jensen Elementary School public or private?
Jessie L Jensen Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHARYLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.