RUBEN HINOJOSA EL

RUBEN HINOJOSA EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in MISSION, Texas, overseen by SHARYLAND ISD. The school instructs 472 students in grades pre-K through 6.

SHARYLAND ISD comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 9,844 students; RUBEN HINOJOSA EL is among them.

On demographics, RUBEN HINOJOSA EL reports that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 4% White, 2% Asian. Compared to Hidalgo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RUBEN HINOJOSA EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at RUBEN HINOJOSA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, RUBEN HINOJOSA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.8%; this one delivers 65.6%, a residual of +15.8 points.

In the area at large, Hidalgo County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which RUBEN HINOJOSA EL is one.

The closest other public school is HARRY SHIMOTSU EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUBEN HINOJOSA EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. RUBEN HINOJOSA EL's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 472). The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 95% to 91% over that span.

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