RUBEN HINOJOSA EL

RUBEN HINOJOSA EL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in MERCEDES, Texas, run under MERCEDES ISD. Current enrollment sits at 468 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 11 schools in MERCEDES ISD (4,207 students total), RUBEN HINOJOSA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, RUBEN HINOJOSA EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Other groups include 2% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RUBEN HINOJOSA EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUBEN HINOJOSA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.7%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hidalgo County shows median household earnings sit near $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RUBEN HINOJOSA EL is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students).

SGT MANUEL CHACON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUBEN HINOJOSA EL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUBEN HINOJOSA EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. RUBEN HINOJOSA EL's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 709 (now 468). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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