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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 795 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESLACO ISD·NCES 484496012496
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School
1800 E MILE 10 N, WESLACO, TX 78596 · (956) 969-6587 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- C-Three-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 96 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
5%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% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp 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 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 9.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School this school | 503 | 88.3% | 39.7% |
| C Stainke Elementary School DONNA | 509 | 88.0% | 38.7% |
| Alfonso Borrego Sr Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 510 | 88.4% | 33.9% |
| Santos Livas Elementary School ALAMO | 515 | 89.1% | 42.0% |
| Lancaster Elementary School EL PASO | 517 | 89.6% | 48.3% |
| La Paloma Elementary School SAN BENITO | 474 | 88.2% | 38.2% |
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 Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #2,627 of 4,401 | #123 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,998 of 4,466 ▲ 287 | #101 of 183 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,453 of 4,466 ▼ 151 | #108 of 183 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #876 of 3,998 | #38 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #2,517 of 4,938 | #104 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #4,164 of 4,622 | #151 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.7% | #4,333 of 4,628 | #68 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #1,256 of 4,789 | #111 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #2,102 of 2,838 | #100 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
503
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 503 | 28.3 | 17.8:1 | 88% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 30.4 | 16.3:1 | 91% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 90% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 94% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 94% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 92% (521) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (554 to 503); teachers down 17% (34 to 28.3).
About Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in WESLACO, Texas. Enrollment is 503 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
District-wide, WESLACO ISD has 20 schools and 16,300 students.
At Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 98% of the student body. By the diversity index, Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School comes in at 5%.
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School's 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.8:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 39.7% actual against 36.0% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income is about $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. A total of 364 public schools operate in Hidalgo County, serving about 212,859 students.
Nearby, IDEA Academy Weslaco is about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 42.4% proficiency; Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School posts 39.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
The number of students dropped from 543 to 503 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 15.1 to 17.8 over 4 years.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 WESLACO ISD
- Weslaco High SchoolHigh · 2,699 students
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,109 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
Other schools in WESLACO
- Weslaco High SchoolHigh · 2,699 students
- Weslaco East High SchoolHigh · 2,066 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,109 students
- Dr R E Margo Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,085 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Beatriz G Garza Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Academy Weslaco1.1 mi · 649
- IDEA College Prep Weslaco1.1 mi · 728
- North Bridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 775
- Mary Hoge Middle School1.5 mi · 830
- Raul A Gonzalez Jr Elementary School1.7 mi · 552
- Hidalgo County Boot Camp1.7 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary SchoolHow large is Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School?
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School have?
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School 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 Elementary School?
At Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School public or private?
Pfc Mario Ybarra Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WESLACO ISD.
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