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Which teacher or staff member at JUAN SEGUIN EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613010828
Juan Seguin Elementary School
8500 N WESTERN RD, MISSION, TX 78574 · (956) 323-2710 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
559 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 130 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 0% · 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
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Juan Seguin Elementary School
Juan Seguin Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Seguin Elementary School this school | 569 | 98.2% | 27.4% |
| T Sanchez El / H Ochoa Elementary School LAREDO | 569 | 98.2% | 48.0% |
| Don Jose Gallego LAREDO | 557 | 98.7% | 47.5% |
| Daniel Singleterry Sr DONNA | 560 | 98.9% | 23.6% |
| Patricia S Garza Elementary School DONNA | 551 | 98.4% | 27.7% |
| Santo Nino Elementary School LAREDO | 542 | 98.0% | 56.2% |
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 Juan Seguin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,887 of 4,401 | #174 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,758 of 4,466 ▲ 1,531 | #137 of 183 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,768 of 4,466 ▼ 80 | #167 of 183 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,347 of 3,998 | #112 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,867 of 4,938 | #66 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,565 of 4,622 | #115 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.4% | #4,581 of 4,628 | #159 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #150 of 4,789 | #12 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #2,064 of 2,838 | #97 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
569
+45 (+9%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 569 | 34.7 | 16.4:1 | 98% (559) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 39.4 | 14.8:1 | 98% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 34.3 | 15.6:1 | 98% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 98% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 41.3 | 15.2:1 | 97% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 865 | 52 | 16.6:1 | 98% (847) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 1% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juan Seguin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (629 to 569); teachers down 16% (41.3 to 34.7).
About Juan Seguin Elementary School
Juan Seguin Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in MISSION, Texas. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 569 students.
Juan Seguin Elementary School is run by LA JOYA ISD, whose 36 schools enroll 22,942 students.
The student body at Juan Seguin Elementary School is 100% Hispanic. Juan Seguin Elementary School's diversity index is 0%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Juan Seguin Elementary School is 34.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.4:1. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Around 98% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 85% average among public schools in Hidalgo County.
The allk12 Grade for Juan Seguin Elementary School is C-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.7% for Juan Seguin Elementary School. The school posts 27.4%, 4.4 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. There are 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, enrolling about 212,859 students in all.
Juarez-Lincoln High School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Juan Seguin Elementary School. By average proficiency, Juan Seguin Elementary School is 8th among 9 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when Juan Seguin Elementary School had 524 students, to 2024-25, when it had 569. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.8:1 to 16.4:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Juan Seguin Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 LA JOYA ISD
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Other Juan Seguin Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Juan Seguin Elementary. Juan Seguin Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Juan Seguin Elementary SchoolRICHMOND, TX · 901 students
Nearby schools
- Juarez-Lincoln High School0.5 mi · 1,952
- Evangelina Garza Elementary School1.3 mi · 384
- Dr Maria Palmira Mendiola Elementary School2.1 mi · 583
- Emiliano Zapata Elementary School2.9 mi · 511
- Elodia R Chapa Elementary School3.1 mi · 445
- Juan De Dios Salinas Middle School3.2 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Juan Seguin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Juan Seguin Elementary School?
Juan Seguin Elementary School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Juan Seguin Elementary School serve?
Juan Seguin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Juan Seguin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Juan Seguin Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Juan Seguin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Juan Seguin Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Juan Seguin Elementary School?
Juan Seguin Elementary School is overseen by LA JOYA ISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.