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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 Elementary School
1700 S BORDER, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6780 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,109 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 187 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 166 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 161 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 158 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (155).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 31.0% | 16.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 16 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 →
Schools most like Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 1,109 | 65.5% | 61.4% |
| Dr Sue A Shook School EL PASO | 1,167 | 67.5% | 53.5% |
| Ben Narbuth Elementary School EL PASO | 1,054 | 63.9% | 50.3% |
| Uhland Elementary School UHLAND | 919 | 66.7% | 35.1% |
| Pullam Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 889 | 67.6% | 71.3% |
| Camino Real Elementary School NIEDERWALD | 962 | 71.2% | 31.6% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #696 of 4,401 | #17 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #850 of 4,466 ▲ 181 | #23 of 183 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,139 of 4,466 ▼ 314 | #30 of 183 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #2,032 of 3,998 | #89 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,109 | #49 of 4,938 | #1 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #4,567 of 4,622 | #179 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #4,227 of 4,628 | #43 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #2,804 of 4,789 | #174 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.9% | #394 of 1,307 | #10 of 53 |
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
1,109
+121 (+12%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,025
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,109 | 49 | 22.6:1 | 65% (726) |
| 2023-24 | 1,118 | 60.3 | 18.5:1 | 69% (767) |
| 2022-23 | 1,075 | 59.2 | 18.2:1 | 67% (716) |
| 2020-21 | 988 | 54 | 18.3:1 | 66% (649) |
| 2017-18 | 917 | 53.3 | 17.2:1 | 65% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 905 | 52 | 17.4:1 | 68% (611) |
| 2010-11 | 1,025 | 55 | 18.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 36% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 1,025 | 55 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (917 to 1,109); teachers down 8% (53.3 to 49).
About Memorial Elementary School
In WESLACO, Texas, Memorial Elementary School is a large elementary school. The school's enrollment of 1,109 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 114% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
WESLACO ISD runs 20 schools with a combined 16,300 students. Memorial Elementary School is one of them.
About 96% of the student body at Memorial Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 3% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 7% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.6:1, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Memorial Elementary School is 65%. For comparison, public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Memorial Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Texas with Memorial Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 45.7%. Memorial Elementary School scores 61.4%.
Hidalgo County has these Census figures: the median household income is $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Dr R E Margo Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Memorial Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Memorial Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Memorial Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,109, a 12% gain from 988 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.3:1 to 22.6:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Memorial Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,699 students
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Cleckler/Heald Elementary SchoolElementary · 909 students
Other schools in WESLACO
- Weslaco High SchoolHigh · 2,699 students
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Cleckler/Heald Elementary SchoolElementary · 909 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 474 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 407 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolNEW BRAUNFELS, TX · 261 students
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARCADIA, FL · 861 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMcMinnville, OR · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Dr R E Margo Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,085
- Central Middle School1.2 mi · 1,060
- Armando Cuellar Middle School1.2 mi · 634
- Weslaco High School1.8 mi · 2,699
- Career and College Development Center1.9 mi · 50
- Weslaco East High School1.9 mi · 2,066
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,109 students in grades PK-05.
Is Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial Elementary School is approximately 22.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Memorial Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Memorial Elementary School in?
Memorial Elementary School is part of WESLACO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.