MISSION VALLEY EL

MISSION VALLEY EL, a modestly sized K-5 school in VICTORIA, Texas, one of the schools within VICTORIA ISD, hosts 239 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

VICTORIA ISD runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 12,919 students. MISSION VALLEY EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MISSION VALLEY EL records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MISSION VALLEY EL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at MISSION VALLEY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Victoria County's rate of about 69%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MISSION VALLEY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 53.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Victoria County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,896 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Victoria County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,160 students), of which MISSION VALLEY EL is one.

The closest other public school is NURSERY EL, roughly 6.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MISSION VALLEY EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MISSION VALLEY EL has contracted 5%, going from 251 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 35% to 30% over that span.

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