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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARYLAND ISD·NCES 483993004528
JOHN H SHARY EL
2300 N GLASSCOCK RD, MISSION, TX 78574 · (956) 580-5282 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
421 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
652
-20 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.8:1
% White
9%
was 8%
% Hispanic
88%
was 90%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JOHN H SHARY EL
JOHN H SHARY EL is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in MISSION, Texas, overseen by SHARYLAND ISD, caters to 652 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
JOHN H SHARY EL is one of 13 schools operated by SHARYLAND ISD, a district that caters to 9,844 students overall.
On demographics, JOHN H SHARY EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Other groups include 9% White. That composition is broadly in line with Hidalgo County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, JOHN H SHARY EL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JOHN H SHARY EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN H SHARY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of -2.9 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), JOHN H SHARY EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SHARYLAND H S, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JOHN H SHARY EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.
JOHN H SHARY EL operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN H SHARY EL has contracted 3%, going from 672 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the JOHN H SHARY EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 H SHigh · 1,527 students
- SHARYLAND PIONEER H SHigh · 1,511 students
- SHARYLAND NORTH J HMiddle · 791 students
- B L GRAY J HMiddle · 775 students
- OLIVERO GARZA SR ELElementary · 648 students
- DONNA WERNECKE ELElementary · 631 students
Other schools in MISSION
- MISSION H SHigh · 2,154 students
- LA JOYA PALMVIEW H SHigh · 2,073 students
- JUAREZ-LINCOLN H SHigh · 1,952 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL H SHigh · 1,737 students
- SHARYLAND H SHigh · 1,527 students
- SHARYLAND PIONEER H SHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- SHARYLAND H S1.0 mi · 1,527
- SHARYLAND ADVANCED ACADEMIC ACADEMY1.2 mi · 481
- BRYAN EL1.4 mi · 653
- MISSION EARLY LEARNING1.4 mi · 183
- IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY1.7 mi · 820
- IDEA MCALLEN ACADEMY1.7 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN H SHARY ELHow many students attend JOHN H SHARY EL?
JOHN H SHARY EL enrolls approximately 652 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does JOHN H SHARY EL serve?
JOHN H SHARY EL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does JOHN H SHARY EL have?
JOHN H SHARY EL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at JOHN H SHARY EL?
Student demographics at JOHN H SHARY EL are roughly 9% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN H SHARY EL?
JOHN H SHARY EL is overseen by SHARYLAND ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.