LUCILE HENDRICKS EL

LUCILE HENDRICKS EL operates as an intimate primary school in MCALLEN, Texas, one of the schools within MCALLEN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 432 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

MCALLEN ISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 19,890 students; LUCILE HENDRICKS EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LUCILE HENDRICKS EL shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LUCILE HENDRICKS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LUCILE HENDRICKS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. LUCILE HENDRICKS EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

Nearest neighbor: DONNA WERNECKE EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUCILE HENDRICKS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LUCILE HENDRICKS EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 462 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for LUCILE HENDRICKS EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.