Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613006008
Leo J Leo Elementary School
1625 ROQUE SALINAS, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-2370 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
12.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
304 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
1%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
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 17.0% | 29.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 16.0% | 20.0% | 58.0% |
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 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Leo J Leo Elementary School
Leo J Leo Elementary School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo J Leo Elementary School this school | 319 | 95.3% | 38.8% |
| Aoy Elementary School EL PASO | 315 | 94.9% | 31.3% |
| J W Caceres Discovery Int Academy DONNA | 299 | 95.3% | 36.9% |
| Roberts Elementary School SAN BENITO | 303 | 95.0% | 21.0% |
| La Union Elementary School GARCIASVILLE | 341 | 96.2% | 32.8% |
| Southmayd Elementary School HOUSTON | 321 | 96.3% | 40.0% |
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 Leo J Leo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,748 of 4,401 | #128 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,314 of 4,466 ▼ 267 | #180 of 183 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #4,256 of 4,466 ▼ 1,411 | #180 of 183 ▼ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -29.5pp | #18 of 3,998 | #1 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #4,079 of 4,938 | #177 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #627 of 4,622 | #4 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #4,557 of 4,628 | #147 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #468 of 4,789 | #42 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.5% | #262 of 2,838 | #9 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
319
-51 (-14%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 912
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 319 | 25.2 | 12.7:1 | 95% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 23.7 | 14.6:1 | 97% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 25.2 | 14.7:1 | 92% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 92% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 89% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 91% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 44 | 17.0:1 | 89% (669) |
| 1990-91 | 912 | 42 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leo J Leo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (502 to 319); teachers down 21% (32 to 25.2).
About Leo J Leo Elementary School
Leo J Leo Elementary School is a small elementary school located in MISSION, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 319 students. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
Leo J Leo Elementary School is run by LA JOYA ISD, whose 36 schools enroll 22,942 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Leo J Leo Elementary School is 100%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 1%.
The school lists 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hidalgo County is 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Leo J Leo Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 41% of Texas public elementary schools.
Leo J Leo Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8%, compared with a predicted 33.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Hidalgo County, median household income comes to about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Hidalgo County's 364 public schools enroll about 212,859 students and include Leo J Leo Elementary School.
Guillermo Flores Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Leo J Leo Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Leo J Leo Elementary School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Leo J Leo Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Leo J Leo Elementary School enrolled 370 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 319.
The allk12 page for Leo J Leo Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Guillermo Flores Elementary School0.1 mi · 452
- Premier H S of Palmview1.1 mi · 108
- Ann Richards Middle School1.3 mi · 665
- Cesar Chavez Middle School1.5 mi · 625
- E B Reyna Elementary School1.7 mi · 523
- Irene M Garcia Middle School2.0 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Leo J Leo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Leo J Leo Elementary School?
Leo J Leo Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leo J Leo Elementary School serve?
Leo J Leo Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Leo J Leo Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Leo J Leo Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leo J Leo Elementary School?
At Leo J Leo Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
What district is Leo J Leo Elementary School in?
Leo J Leo Elementary School is part of LA JOYA ISD.
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