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If you could change one rule at LEE H MEANS EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253012048
Lee H Means Elementary School
1204 E LOOP 499, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3377 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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
16.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
440 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 71 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 31.0% | 15.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Lee H Means Elementary School
Lee H Means Elementary School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee H Means Elementary School this school | 730 | 60.3% | 67.0% |
| Trautmann Elementary School LAREDO | 661 | 61.9% | 64.5% |
| Bonham Academy SAN ANTONIO | 713 | 64.7% | 37.4% |
| Dr Hesiquio Rodriguez Elementary School HARLINGEN | 674 | 64.5% | 55.0% |
| Loma Verde EL PASO | 661 | 64.1% | 62.4% |
| Tuloso-Midway Primary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 779 | 61.0% | 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 Lee H Means Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #416 of 4,401 | #6 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #238 of 4,466 ▲ 120 | #4 of 93 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #294 of 4,466 ▲ 122 | #1 of 93 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #679 of 3,998 | #15 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #739 of 4,938 | #7 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,465 of 4,622 | #61 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #3,987 of 4,628 | #7 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #3,100 of 4,789 | #92 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #584 of 1,307 | #12 of 22 |
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
730
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 730 | 44.9 | 16.3:1 | 60% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 48.3 | 14.8:1 | 66% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 46.2 | 15.9:1 | 67% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 67% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 41.7 | 15.3:1 | 73% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 74% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 77% (413) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee H Means Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (639 to 730); teachers up 8% (41.7 to 44.9).
About Lee H Means Elementary School
Lee H Means Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in HARLINGEN, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 730 students. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 41% above average.
Lee H Means Elementary School is in HARLINGEN CISD, a district with 17,506 students across 31 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Lee H Means Elementary School is 93%. Other groups make up 6% White. In Cameron County overall, the Hispanic share is about 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lee H Means Elementary School scores 13%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lee H Means Elementary School is 16.3:1, based on 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Lee H Means Elementary School counts 60% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cameron County average 84%.
Lee H Means Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lee H Means Elementary School is +19.0 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.0%, and the predicted rate is 48.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cameron County show that the median household earns about $52,601 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. Cameron County has 187 public schools with about 97,392 students, including Lee H Means Elementary School.
Hcisd Early Childhood Academy, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Lee H Means Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lee H Means Elementary School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Lee H Means Elementary School as City: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 26 students, from 756 to 730.
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Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Nearby schools
- Hcisd Early Childhood Academy0.5 mi · 255
- Long Elementary School0.6 mi · 475
- Memorial Middle School0.9 mi · 705
- Harlingen School of Health Professions1.0 mi · 448
- Harlingen High School1.2 mi · 2,433
- Edna Tamayo House1.3 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Lee H Means Elementary SchoolHow large is Lee H Means Elementary School?
Lee H Means Elementary School enrolls approximately 730 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lee H Means Elementary School serve?
Lee H Means Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lee H Means Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Lee H Means Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lee H Means Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lee H Means Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lee H Means Elementary School in?
Lee H Means Elementary School is part of HARLINGEN CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.