JOSE DE ESCANDON EL

Set in MISSION, Texas, JOSE DE ESCANDON EL is a mid-tier primary school, operated by LA JOYA ISD. It enrolls 614 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, JOSE DE ESCANDON EL shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 86% of students at JOSE DE ESCANDON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOSE DE ESCANDON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 47.0%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. JOSE DE ESCANDON EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

E B REYNA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE DE ESCANDON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOSE DE ESCANDON EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. JOSE DE ESCANDON EL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 614).

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