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Enrollment
673
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104006146
Mims Elementary School
200 E TWO MILE RD, MISSION, TX 78574 · (956) 323-4400 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL673 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
17.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
464 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 | 128 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
9%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 30.0% | 16.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Mims Elementary School
Mims Elementary School's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mims Elementary School this school | 673 | 68.9% | 48.2% |
| Barbara Fasken Elementary School LAREDO | 704 | 69.7% | 57.6% |
| Bryan Elementary School MISSION | 653 | 71.4% | 54.0% |
| Edgemere International School EL PASO | 639 | 71.8% | 52.1% |
| Scotsdale Elementary School EL PASO | 749 | 67.0% | 64.8% |
| IDEA South Flores Academy SAN ANTONIO | 680 | 71.8% | 37.1% |
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 Mims Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,608 of 4,401 | #66 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,240 of 4,466 ▲ 922 | #48 of 183 ▲ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,553 of 4,466 ▲ 609 | #54 of 183 ▲ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,036 of 3,998 | #41 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 673 | #1,099 of 4,938 | #33 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #3,933 of 4,622 | #138 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #4,162 of 4,628 | #32 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #2,627 of 4,789 | #173 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #896 of 1,307 | #28 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
673
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 673 | 39.3 | 17.1:1 | 69% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 39.3 | 17.6:1 | 67% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 38.8 | 18.0:1 | 65% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 68% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 38.6 | 16.3:1 | 53% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 58% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 46 | 17.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 39 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mims Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (629 to 673); teachers up 2% (38.6 to 39.3).
About Mims Elementary School
Mims Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in MISSION, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 673 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 30% higher.
Mims Elementary School is in MISSION CISD, a district with 13,765 students across 22 schools.
Mims Elementary School's enrollment is 96% Hispanic. Next come 4% White. County-wide, about 92% of residents are Hispanic. Mims Elementary School's diversity index is 9%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 17.1 students per teacher and 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.0 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 69%. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 16 points.
allk12 grades Mims Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.3% at Mims Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.2%.
Among Hidalgo County residents, the median household income is $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mims Elementary School is one of 364 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Mims Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Veterans Memorial High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Mims Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Mims Elementary School had 653 students, to 2024-25, when it had 673.
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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
- Hurla M Midkiff Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 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
Other Mims Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mims Elementary. Mims Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIMS, FL · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Veterans Memorial High School0.2 mi · 1,737
- Hilda C Escobar/Alicia C Rios Elementary School0.8 mi · 345
- IDEA North Mission Academy0.8 mi · 719
- IDEA North Mission College Preparatory0.8 mi · 756
- Hurla M Midkiff Elementary School1.0 mi · 657
- Ollie O'Grady Elementary School1.2 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Mims Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mims Elementary School?
Mims Elementary School enrolls approximately 673 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mims Elementary School serve?
Mims Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mims Elementary School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Mims Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mims Elementary School?
At Mims Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Mims Elementary School?
Mims Elementary School is overseen by MISSION CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.