MEMORIAL EL

Set in WESLACO, Texas, MEMORIAL EL is an expansive elementary campus, part of WESLACO ISD. It works with 1,109 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 114% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

WESLACO ISD runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 16,300 students. MEMORIAL EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MEMORIAL EL records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MEMORIAL EL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MEMORIAL EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.3%; MEMORIAL EL posts 62.0%, +16.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, Hidalgo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which MEMORIAL EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR R E MARGO EL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MEMORIAL EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 21%: 917 students in 2018 compared to 1,109 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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