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How has SAN CARLOS EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818006249
SAN CARLOS EL
505 S 83RD ST, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2370 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
457 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-29 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.0:1
% White
0%
was 3%
% Hispanic
100%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SAN CARLOS EL
SAN CARLOS EL operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in EDINBURG, Texas, overseen by EDINBURG CISD. Current enrollment sits at 471 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
EDINBURG CISD runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 33,343 students. SAN CARLOS EL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, SAN CARLOS EL logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 92% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SAN CARLOS EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hidalgo County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SAN CARLOS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.5%; this one delivers 41.5%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), SAN CARLOS EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is JOHN F KENNEDY EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAN CARLOS EL. On composite proficiency, SAN CARLOS EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAN CARLOS EL has declined 6%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for SAN CARLOS EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 EDINBURG CISD
- ECONOMEDES H SHigh · 2,689 students
- EDINBURG NORTH H SHigh · 2,542 students
- EDINBURG H SHigh · 2,267 students
- ROBERT R VELA H SHigh · 2,101 students
- BETTY HARWELL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,301 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- ECONOMEDES H SHigh · 2,689 students
- EDINBURG NORTH H SHigh · 2,542 students
- EDINBURG H SHigh · 2,267 students
- ROBERT R VELA H SHigh · 2,101 students
- VANGUARD BEETHOVENCombined · 1,782 students
- BETTY HARWELL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,301 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F KENNEDY EL0.2 mi · 514
- ECONOMEDES H S2.3 mi · 2,689
- DR THOMAS ESPARZA EL3.1 mi · 541
- BETTS EL3.1 mi · 534
- DANIEL SINGLETERRY SR3.1 mi · 560
- PATRICIA S GARZA EL3.2 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About SAN CARLOS ELHow many students attend SAN CARLOS EL?
SAN CARLOS EL enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
Is SAN CARLOS EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAN CARLOS EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SAN CARLOS EL have?
SAN CARLOS EL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at SAN CARLOS EL?
Student demographics at SAN CARLOS EL are roughly 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees SAN CARLOS EL?
SAN CARLOS EL is overseen by EDINBURG CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.