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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818021040
Monte Cristo Elementary School
4010 N DOOLITTLE RD, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2362 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- BThree-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
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
497 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 78 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
2%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 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 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Monte Cristo Elementary School
Monte Cristo Elementary School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Cristo Elementary School this school | 535 | 92.9% | 39.6% |
| Wilbur E Lucas Elementary School PHARR | 530 | 93.0% | 56.8% |
| Roel A & Celia R Saenz Elementary School ROMA | 526 | 93.2% | 82.3% |
| Diaz-Villarreal Elementary School MISSION | 527 | 93.0% | 52.8% |
| Juarez/Lincoln Elementary School RIO BRAVO | 535 | 93.5% | 46.4% |
| Villarreal Elementary School EDINBURG | 543 | 93.0% | 43.0% |
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 Monte Cristo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #2,634 of 4,401 | #125 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,950 of 4,466 ▲ 380 | #97 of 183 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,378 of 4,466 ▼ 142 | #104 of 183 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,456 of 3,998 | #62 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #2,177 of 4,938 | #82 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,607 of 4,622 | #65 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #4,472 of 4,628 | #112 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #750 of 4,789 | #73 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #657 of 2,838 | #31 of 128 |
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
535
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
+137% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 535 | 35.3 | 15.2:1 | 93% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 94% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 95% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 95% (582) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 40.5 | 18.1:1 | 94% (691) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 93% (657) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 39 | 19.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 39% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 31 | 7.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monte Cristo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (732 to 535); teachers down 13% (40.5 to 35.3).
About Monte Cristo Elementary School
This page covers Monte Cristo Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in EDINBURG, Texas. Federal data show 535 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 44 schools in EDINBURG CISD totals 33,343 students.
Of every 100 students at Monte Cristo Elementary School, about 99 are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 2, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 15.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School, which has 35.3. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 93%. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 8 points.
Monte Cristo Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 34.0% at Monte Cristo Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.6%.
The school is in Hidalgo County, where the median household earns about $54,338 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Across Hidalgo County, 364 public schools serve about 212,859 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Villarreal Elementary School, is the closest to Monte Cristo Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 44.5% proficiency; Monte Cristo Elementary School posts 39.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 613 to 535.
The discussion board for Monte Cristo Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Other Monte Cristo Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Monte Cristo Elementary. Monte Cristo Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Monte Cristo ElementaryGranite Falls, WA · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Villarreal Elementary School0.2 mi · 543
- Lone Star H S South (tjjd)0.4 mi · 159
- Memorial Middle School0.9 mi · 1,045
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.2 mi · 640
- Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School1.5 mi · 625
- IDEA Edinburg Academy1.9 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About Monte Cristo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Monte Cristo Elementary School?
Monte Cristo Elementary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
Is Monte Cristo Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monte Cristo Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Monte Cristo Elementary School?
Student demographics at Monte Cristo Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Monte Cristo Elementary School in?
Monte Cristo Elementary School is part of EDINBURG CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.