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If you could change one rule at MEMORIAL EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,109
Elementary
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESLACO ISD·NCES 484496006627
MEMORIAL EL
1700 S BORDER, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6780 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,109 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
726 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +44.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,109
+192 (+21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 17.2:1
% White
3%
was 6%
% Hispanic
96%
was 94%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 WESLACO ISD
- WESLACO H SHigh · 2,699 students
- WESLACO EAST H SHigh · 2,066 students
- DR R E MARGO ELElementary · 1,085 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,060 students
- BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLEMiddle · 919 students
- CLECKLER/HEALD ELElementary · 909 students
Other schools in WESLACO
- WESLACO H SHigh · 2,699 students
- WESLACO EAST H SHigh · 2,066 students
- DR R E MARGO ELElementary · 1,085 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,060 students
- BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLEMiddle · 919 students
- CLECKLER/HEALD ELElementary · 909 students
Nearby schools
- DR R E MARGO EL1.1 mi · 1,085
- CENTRAL MIDDLE1.2 mi · 1,060
- ARMANDO CUELLAR MIDDLE1.2 mi · 634
- WESLACO H S1.8 mi · 2,699
- CAREER AND COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER1.9 mi · 50
- WESLACO EAST H S1.9 mi · 2,066
Frequently asked questions
About MEMORIAL ELHow many students attend MEMORIAL EL?
MEMORIAL EL enrolls approximately 1,109 students in grades PK-05.
Is MEMORIAL EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MEMORIAL EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MEMORIAL EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MEMORIAL EL is approximately 22.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MEMORIAL EL?
Student demographics at MEMORIAL EL are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is MEMORIAL EL in?
MEMORIAL EL is part of WESLACO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.