Enrollment
239
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICTORIA ISD·NCES 484415005009
Mission Valley Elementary School
12063 FM 236, VICTORIA, TX 77901 · (361) 788-9514 · Victoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
96 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 24 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 35.0% | 15.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 45.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Mission Valley Elementary School
Mission Valley Elementary School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Valley Elementary School this school | 239 | 40.2% | 59.3% |
| Olsen Elementary School PORT ARANSAS | 263 | 37.3% | 57.3% |
| Nancy Smith Elementary School ALBANY | 258 | 44.2% | 54.0% |
| Hunt School HUNT | 196 | 40.3% | 77.2% |
| Maypearl Primary School MAYPEARL | 229 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Martins Mill Elementary School MARTIN'S MILL | 234 | 43.2% | 43.4% |
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 Mission Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Victoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #807 of 4,401 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #559 of 4,466 ▼ 267 | #2 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #555 of 4,466 ▲ 49 | #2 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #4,500 of 4,938 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,141 of 4,622 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #2,745 of 4,628 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #3,938 of 4,789 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #2,478 of 2,838 | #10 of 12 |
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
239
+21 (+10%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 224
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 239 | 17.7 | 13.5:1 | 40% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 16.6 | 14.7:1 | 46% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 52% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 20 | 10.9:1 | 53% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 17.4 | 14.4:1 | 48% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 42% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 13 | 15.3:1 | 31% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 224 | 14 | 16.0:1 | 29% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 224 | 14 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (251 to 239); teachers up 2% (17.4 to 17.7).
About Mission Valley Elementary School
Mission Valley Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in VICTORIA, Texas. It reported 239 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
VICTORIA ISD enrolls 12,919 students, and its 25 schools include Mission Valley Elementary School.
About 67% of the student body at Mission Valley Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Victoria County, the White share is about 57%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 17.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 40% at Mission Valley Elementary School. Compared with the 69% average for public schools in Victoria County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Mission Valley Elementary School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Mission Valley Elementary School, the prediction is 56.5% and the result is 59.3%.
The school's county is Victoria County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $70,896, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Victoria County's 33 public schools enroll about 14,160 students and include Mission Valley Elementary School.
About 6.1 miles separate Mission Valley Elementary School from the closest public school, Nursery Elementary School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Mission Valley Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.3% against a local average of 51.6%.
The NCES locale for Mission Valley Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 10%. The school's ratio increased from 10.9:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Victoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
91,413
Census ACS
Median income
$70,896
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VICTORIA ISD
- Victoria East High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Victoria West High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Howell Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- STEM Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
Other schools in VICTORIA
- Victoria East High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Victoria West High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Howell Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- STEM Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
Other Mission Valley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mission Valley Elementary. Mission Valley Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Mission Valley Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 604 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryTulare, CA · 671 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryFremont, CA · 375 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryEskridge, KS · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Nursery Elementary School6.1 mi · 156
- Meyersville Elementary School8.0 mi · 176
- Harold Cade Middle School9.9 mi · 730
- Victoria West High School10.0 mi · 1,723
- Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School10.3 mi · 459
- Vickers Elementary School11.4 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Mission Valley Elementary School?
Mission Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 239 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mission Valley Elementary School serve?
Mission Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mission Valley Elementary School have?
Mission Valley Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Valley Elementary School?
At Mission Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 30% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mission Valley Elementary School in?
Mission Valley Elementary School is part of VICTORIA ISD.
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