1
Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104006456
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School
810 W GRIFFIN PKWY, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-4200 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% 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
16.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
419 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 | 82 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
7%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 33.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Ollie O'Grady Elementary School
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie O'Grady Elementary School this school | 457 | 91.7% | 38.7% |
| Thomas Manor EL PASO | 462 | 90.9% | 41.7% |
| Irene C Cardwell Elementary School DEL RIO | 452 | 90.3% | N/A |
| Montana Vista Elementary School EL PASO | 457 | 90.2% | 40.9% |
| Fred Booth Global Leadership Academy SAN BENITO | 441 | 93.2% | 32.3% |
| Presidio Elementary School PRESIDIO | 446 | 90.8% | 19.3% |
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 Ollie O'Grady Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #2,760 of 4,401 | #130 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,432 of 4,466 ▲ 45 | #124 of 183 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,296 of 4,466 ▲ 441 | #95 of 183 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,404 of 3,998 | #57 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,948 of 4,938 | #122 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,454 of 4,622 | #104 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #4,219 of 4,628 | #42 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #889 of 4,789 | #80 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #2,391 of 2,838 | #115 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
457
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 457 | 28.2 | 16.2:1 | 92% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 28.4 | 15.8:1 | 91% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 91% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 92% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 33.8 | 14.4:1 | 89% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 90% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 733 | 40 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ollie O'Grady Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (486 to 457); teachers down 17% (33.8 to 28.2).
About Ollie O'Grady Elementary School
In MISSION, Texas, part of Hidalgo County, Ollie O'Grady Elementary School is an elementary school. Total enrollment is 457 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
MISSION CISD, which runs Ollie O'Grady Elementary School, has 22 schools and 13,765 students.
The share of students at Ollie O'Grady Elementary School who are Hispanic is 96%. Other groups make up 4% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
With 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 92% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ollie O'Grady 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 52% of Texas public elementary schools.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.5%. Ollie O'Grady Elementary School scores 38.7%.
For the population of Hidalgo County, median household income comes to about $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's 364 public schools enroll about 212,859 students and include Ollie O'Grady Elementary School.
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is White Junior High School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 38.7% is below the 41.3% average for nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Mims Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 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
Nearby schools
- White Junior High School0.2 mi · 831
- Mission High School0.5 mi · 2,154
- IDEA North Mission College Preparatory0.5 mi · 756
- IDEA North Mission Academy0.5 mi · 719
- Marcell Elementary School0.9 mi · 378
- Vanguard Monet0.9 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Ollie O'Grady Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ollie O'Grady Elementary School?
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ollie O'Grady Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ollie O'Grady Elementary School have?
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Ollie O'Grady Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ollie O'Grady Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 96% Hispanic.
What district is Ollie O'Grady Elementary School in?
Ollie O'Grady Elementary School is part of MISSION CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.