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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESLACO ISD·NCES 484496012496
PFC MARIO YBARRA EL
1800 E MILE 10 N, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6587 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
444 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
503
-51 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.3:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
98%
was 98%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PFC MARIO YBARRA EL
As a mid-tier elementary school in WESLACO, Texas, PFC MARIO YBARRA EL educates 503 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under WESLACO ISD.
Within WESLACO ISD, which oversees 20 schools and 16,300 students, PFC MARIO YBARRA EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, PFC MARIO YBARRA EL lists that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
On the income-and-resources front, PFC MARIO YBARRA EL lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at PFC MARIO YBARRA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, PFC MARIO YBARRA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.3%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +3.8 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) records that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), PFC MARIO YBARRA EL is one campus in the mix.
IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PFC MARIO YBARRA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PFC MARIO YBARRA EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.8%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 554 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.
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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 WESLACO ISD
- WESLACO H SHigh · 2,699 students
- WESLACO EAST H SHigh · 2,066 students
- MEMORIAL ELElementary · 1,109 students
- DR R E MARGO ELElementary · 1,085 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,060 students
- BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLEMiddle · 919 students
Other schools in WESLACO
- WESLACO H SHigh · 2,699 students
- WESLACO EAST H SHigh · 2,066 students
- MEMORIAL ELElementary · 1,109 students
- DR R E MARGO ELElementary · 1,085 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,060 students
- BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLEMiddle · 919 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA ACADEMY WESLACO1.1 mi · 649
- IDEA COLLEGE PREP WESLACO1.1 mi · 728
- NORTH BRIDGE EL1.4 mi · 775
- MARY HOGE MIDDLE1.5 mi · 830
- RAUL A GONZALEZ JR EL1.7 mi · 552
- HIDALGO COUNTY BOOT CAMP1.7 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About PFC MARIO YBARRA ELHow large is PFC MARIO YBARRA EL?
PFC MARIO YBARRA EL enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
Is PFC MARIO YBARRA EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PFC MARIO YBARRA EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PFC MARIO YBARRA EL have?
PFC MARIO YBARRA EL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PFC MARIO YBARRA EL?
At PFC MARIO YBARRA EL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is PFC MARIO YBARRA EL public or private?
PFC MARIO YBARRA EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WESLACO ISD.
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