LEO J LEO EL

LEO J LEO EL operates as an intimate primary school in MISSION, Texas, operated by LA JOYA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 319 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

LA JOYA ISD comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 22,942 students; LEO J LEO EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, LEO J LEO EL shows that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LEO J LEO EL reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

With demographic context factored in, LEO J LEO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 44.6%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which LEO J LEO EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GUILLERMO FLORES EL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEO J LEO EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEO J LEO EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.6%.

LEO J LEO EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 36%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.