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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104003495
Marcell Elementary School
1101 N HOLLAND, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-6400 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
327 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 69 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 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 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 34.0% | 13.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 16.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Marcell Elementary School
Marcell Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcell Elementary School this school | 378 | 86.5% | 36.8% |
| Austin Elementary School EDINBURG | 366 | 86.6% | 76.5% |
| Kazen Elementary School LAREDO | 367 | 86.9% | 75.7% |
| Bluebonnet Elementary School HEREFORD | 366 | 87.4% | 43.0% |
| Houston Elementary School MCALLEN | 397 | 87.7% | 42.6% |
| McAuliffe Elementary School MCALLEN | 385 | 85.2% | 41.3% |
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 Marcell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,976 of 4,401 | #137 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,431 of 4,466 ▲ 441 | #123 of 183 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,188 of 4,466 ▲ 1,543 | #33 of 183 ▲ 92 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #430 of 3,998 | #13 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,677 of 4,938 | #155 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,434 of 4,622 | #26 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.2% | #4,315 of 4,628 | #62 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #1,432 of 4,789 | #127 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,405 of 2,838 | #70 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
378
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 378 | 27.2 | 13.9:1 | 87% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 24.6 | 16.2:1 | 87% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 25.4 | 16.6:1 | 84% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 86% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 28.8 | 15.9:1 | 83% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 87% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 41 | 16.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marcell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (457 to 378); teachers down 5% (28.8 to 27.2).
About Marcell Elementary School
Marcell Elementary School is a public small elementary school in MISSION, Texas. It enrolls 378 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That is 27% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
MISSION CISD (22 schools, 13,765 students) runs Marcell Elementary School.
Roughly 97% of students at Marcell Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 2% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Marcell Elementary School scores 5%.
Based on 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Marcell Elementary School has a ratio of 13.9:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 87%. The average for public schools in Hidalgo County is similar, at 85%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.8% for Marcell Elementary School. The school posts 36.8%, within a point of the prediction.
The school is in Hidalgo County, where median household income comes to about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County counts 364 public schools with about 212,859 students.
Vanguard Monet sits about 0.4 miles from Marcell Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 36.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Marcell Elementary School had a net loss of 42 students, or 10%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.1:1 to 13.9:1 over the same years.
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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 MISSION CISD
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- White Junior High SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Mission Junior High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Mims Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 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
- Vanguard Monet0.4 mi · 198
- Brillante Academy0.5 mi · 354
- Mission High School0.5 mi · 2,154
- Pearson Elementary School0.5 mi · 307
- Mission Junior High School0.8 mi · 711
- Ollie O'Grady Elementary School0.9 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Marcell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marcell Elementary School?
Marcell Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Marcell Elementary School serve?
Marcell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Marcell Elementary School have?
Marcell Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marcell Elementary School?
At Marcell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is Marcell Elementary School public or private?
Marcell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MISSION CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.