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What's the biggest difference between RUBEN HINOJOSA EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARYLAND ISD·NCES 483993009591
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School
4205 LOS INDIOS PKWY, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 584-4990 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
260 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 46.0% | 24.0% | 17.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% 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 14 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 Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School this school | 472 | 55.1% | 64.5% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School DEL RIO | 515 | 54.4% | 41.3% |
| Blanca E Sanchez MCALLEN | 502 | 56.4% | 57.3% |
| Rayburn Elementary School MCALLEN | 530 | 57.5% | 65.0% |
| Lucile Hendricks Elementary School MCALLEN | 432 | 57.4% | 54.9% |
| Charles Borchers Elementary School LAREDO | 456 | 54.6% | 61.6% |
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 Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #543 of 4,401 | #10 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,894 of 4,466 ▼ 647 | #91 of 183 ▼ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #744 of 4,466 ▼ 426 | #14 of 183 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #326 of 3,998 | #8 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #2,805 of 4,938 | #109 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,533 of 4,622 | #111 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #3,866 of 4,628 | #8 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #3,360 of 4,789 | #184 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #958 of 1,307 | #31 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
472
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 472 | 28.9 | 16.4:1 | 55% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 29.4 | 15.7:1 | 63% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 28.1 | 16.3:1 | 63% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 28.4 | 15.7:1 | 49% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 49% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 43% (244) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (447 to 472); teachers up 1% (28.4 to 28.9).
About Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, located in MISSION. Its 472 students are spread across pre-K through 6.
SHARYLAND ISD operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,844 students.
At Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. Other students are 4% White and 2% Asian. The county population is about 92% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Federal data list 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%. For comparison, public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
allk12 grades Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 14.3 points. The model expects 50.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 64.5%.
Federal survey data for Hidalgo County show that median household income is about $54,338, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. A total of 364 public schools operate in Hidalgo County, serving about 212,859 students.
The closest public school, Harry Shimotsu Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 440 to 472. Students per teacher rose from 14.7 in 2020-21 to 16.4 in 2024-25.
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 SHARYLAND ISD
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Sharyland North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- B L Gray Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- John H Shary Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Olivero Garza Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 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
Other Ruben Hinojosa Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ruben Hinojosa Elementary. Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Ruben Hinojosa Elementary SchoolMERCEDES, TX · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Harry Shimotsu Elementary School0.9 mi · 605
- IDEA Los Encinos Academy1.1 mi · 770
- IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory1.1 mi · 753
- B L Gray Junior High School1.4 mi · 775
- Lloyd & Dolly Bentsen Elementary School1.4 mi · 611
- Houston Elementary School1.5 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Ruben Hinojosa Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School?
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School serve?
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School.
How diverse is Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School?
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School public or private?
Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHARYLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.