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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCALLEN ISD·NCES 482967005550
Rayburn Elementary School
7000 N MAIN ST, MCALLEN, TX 78504 · (956) 971-4363 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
305 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +53.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 53 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 35.0% | 12.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Rayburn Elementary School
Rayburn Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayburn Elementary School this school | 530 | 57.5% | 65.0% |
| Blanca E Sanchez MCALLEN | 502 | 56.4% | 57.3% |
| Freddy Gonzalez Elementary School EDINBURG | 517 | 60.2% | 62.0% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School DEL RIO | 515 | 54.4% | 41.3% |
| Eastwood Heights Elementary School EL PASO | 508 | 60.4% | 66.0% |
| Stuart Place Elementary School HARLINGEN | 578 | 54.8% | 43.6% |
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 Rayburn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #522 of 4,401 | #9 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #479 of 4,466 ▼ 67 | #7 of 183 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #204 of 4,466 ▲ 184 | #1 of 183 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #615 of 3,998 | #25 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,238 of 4,938 | #85 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,821 of 4,622 | #70 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #3,950 of 4,628 | #10 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #3,243 of 4,789 | #181 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #680 of 1,307 | #23 of 53 |
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
530
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 530 | 34.4 | 15.4:1 | 58% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 35.4 | 14.4:1 | 65% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 35.2 | 14.0:1 | 68% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 69% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 29.8 | 15.9:1 | 72% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 71% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 43% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 35 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rayburn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (474 to 530); teachers up 16% (29.8 to 34.4).
About Rayburn Elementary School
Rayburn Elementary School serves students in MCALLEN, Texas, as a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 530 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
The MCALLEN ISD system has 31 schools and 19,890 students.
Rayburn Elementary School's enrollment is 92% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 5% White. County-wide, about 92% of residents are Hispanic. Rayburn Elementary School's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 34.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 85% for public schools in Hidalgo County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 49.1% for Rayburn Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 65.0%. The 15.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Hidalgo County census figures show that the median household income is $54,338, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
Morris Middle School is the public school closest to Rayburn Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Rayburn Elementary School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Rayburn Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Rayburn Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 501 in 2020-21 to 530 in 2024-25.
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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 MCALLEN ISD
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Rowe High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Morris Middle School0.3 mi · 999
- Dr Pablo Perez0.5 mi · 601
- Gonzalez Elementary School1.0 mi · 818
- Garza Elementary School1.3 mi · 409
- Michael E Fossum Middle School1.7 mi · 791
- Blanca E Sanchez1.7 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Rayburn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rayburn Elementary School?
Rayburn Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rayburn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rayburn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rayburn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rayburn Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rayburn Elementary School?
At Rayburn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rayburn Elementary School public or private?
Rayburn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.